Program Note: Mozart’s Overture from Don Giovanni
Posted April 14, 2025Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg; died December 5, 1791 in Vienna) Overture to Don Giovanni, K....
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Radio Broadcast with Discover Classical on April 13, 2025
Posted April 9, 2025In collaboration with Discover Classical, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) is proud to broadcast DPAA programs on Discover Classical! Every weekend, Discover...
The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Unveils the 2025–2026 Season
Posted April 3, 2025Highlights include Garrick Ohlsson in a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto; Bizet’s Carmen; Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty; John Holiday...
More Than a Concert: DPAA’s next Masterworks Requiem features Joel Thompson’s “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”
Posted March 12, 2025Music has always been a language of hope and transformation for Joel Thompson. Growing up in a household filled with...
Radio Broadcast with Discover Classical on March 9, 2025
Posted March 7, 2025In collaboration with Discover Classical, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance (DPAA) is proud to broadcast DPAA programs on Discover Classical! Every weekend, Discover...
Program Note: Fauré’s Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Requiem, Op. 48 Fauré’s creation of his beloved Requiem spanned almost a quarter of a century. Beginning...
Program Note: Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Posted March 6, 2025Joel Thompson (b. 1988) Seven Last Words of the Unarmed From the composer: In November of 2014, a Staten Island...
Neal’s Note: Requiem
Posted March 6, 2025When I first encountered Joel Thompson’s Seven Last Words of the Unarmed two years ago, I immediately thought, “This is...
