Four Seasons Invites Guests To Stunning Holiday Celebrations, Perfect For Family And Friends To Gather And Make Memories
Christmas and Chinese New Year are important times of celebration across the Lion City. It is also a time when the city comes alive with numerous fun activities at many key attractions to rally young and young-at-heart together. One can revel in the spectacular Christmas light up and Christmas villages on Orchard Road just at the door step of Four Seasons Hotel Singaporeor feel the energy of colorful Chingay Parade during the Chinese New Year season that celebrates harmony in Singapore as well as with the city’s friends from abroad. Children below five years of age also enjoy complimentary dining when staying with Four Seasons Hotel Singapore and kid-friendly amenities such as kid-sized bathrobes and bedroom slippers, a soft toy and age appropriate amenities.
Christmas
in the City
Stay
in the heart of the city just steps away from the excitement of the
island’s longest Christmas street light-up, complete with
photo booths, Christmas villages for fun games and great al
fresco dining, as well as unbeatable year-end shopping sales in malls
dressed up in the season’s best.
Make
time to savour the delectable Christmas-inspired lunch and dinners at
One-Ninety, a Modern Asian Brasserie at Four Seasons Hotel
Singapore too. Tuck into entrées in a garden-like ambience and
enjoy favourites such as traditional oven-roasted turkey with
chestnut stuffing and grilled winter vegetables, and Asian-spiced
glazed ham with lemongrass, pineapple raisin sauce among others; end
with a decadent desserts such as tropical coconut mousse and calypso
mango yule log, Valrhona chocolate pot de crème, assorted macarons
and chocolate pralines all made in-house by the pastry brigade led by
Pastry Chef Audrey Yee, a Four Seasons veteran and graduate of
the renowned Le Cordon Bleu School in London.
Evening Will Feature Live Music by Katy Vernon and PJ Harvey Film A Dog Called Money
The Sound Unseen Film+Music Festival (November 12 – 17, 2019) celebrates 20 years of film, music, and art in the Twin Cities. The opening night event includes a live music performance by Katy Vernon on the Walker Cinema Stage starting at 6:30 pm and a postshow reception in the main lobby. (Visit Sound Unseen for the full schedule of events and locations.)
Walker Arts Center logo (edited)
In
the fall of 1999, Sound Unseen introduced itself as a unique, cutting
edge “films-on-music” festival in Minneapolis. Formulated as a
cultural organization dedicated to the role of film and music as a
conduit of powerful ideas and diverse viewpoints. Its mission is to
foster a greater appreciation of cinema, to bridge cultures, create
and expand community, provide cultural exchange, networking
opportunities and educational outreach through regular interaction
with great films, filmmakers, musicians and artists.
The Sound Unseen Film+Music Festival logo
Since
its inception, It has established itself as one of the premiere niche
festivals in the country, but more importantly as a vital part of the
regional cultural scene. Now in its 19th year, the festival has
expanded to include year-round programming, unique pop-up events, and
special screenings including world and regional premieres.
Named
“One of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals In The World” by Moviemaker
Magazine
in 2016, the “Best Winter Film Festival” by the Star
Tribune
2012, and the “Best of the Fests 2010” from Mpls/St
Paul Magazine,
Sound Unseen continues its tenure as the region’s premiere
films-on-music festival. While bringing the best in documentaries,
short films, and music videos it also showcases rare concert footage,
interactive panels, and live music events. As part of its year-round
presence, Sound Unseen offers a successful monthly screening series
and special events throughout the Twin Cities. This diversity in
content is one of the things that separates Sound Unseen from the
typical outdoor mega concerts and film festivals.
Sound
Unseen has received press coverage in all major local media including
The
Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, City Pages, Vita.mn, Secrets of the
City, Walker Art blog, TC Daily Planet, Northland News, Growler
Magazine, MinnPost; local radio stations The Current, KQRS, MPR,
Radio K and television news including NBC, FOX, and CBS. National
media mentions have included Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, USA
Today, Music Film Web blog, The Playlist,
and AIF
Independent magazine of New York.
Screenshot from PJ Harvey Film A Dog Called Money, directed by Seamus Murphy
Alternative-music
icon PJ
Harvey’s
ninth studio album, 2016’s The
Hope Six Demolition Project,
was created through a unique process that blended travelogue,
photography, performance art, and now a documentary feature. It began
when Harvey, looking to develop a new set of politically tinged songs
that would also evoke a tangible sense of place, decided to accompany
award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker Seamus
Murphy
as he travelled on assignments to war-torn regions in Afghanistan and
Kosovo, as well as to the poor, mostly black neighborhoods of
Washington, DC. As Murphy filmed, Harvey personally interacted with
the members of the different communities and wrote her impressions in
a diary, crafting song lyrics and melodies based on the stories she
uncovered. Back in London, Harvey and her band experimented with
these new songs during a live sound installation called “Recording
in Progress”
at the distinguished
Somerset House,
generating an album’s worth of material entirely within a
glass-walled recording studio, with members of the public invited to
watch. Chronicling the entire project, and even including a handful
of songs not on the final album, A
Dog Called Money is
Murphy’s inspiring, expressionistic document of this unprecedented
collaborative experiment. 2019, Ireland/UK, DCP, 90 min. —Clinton
McClung, Seattle International Film Festival
Sound
Unseen Opening Night
Tuesday, November 12
Live Music:
Katy Vernon, 6:30pm
Screening: A
Dog Called Money, 7pm
Walker
Cinema, $20 ($15 Walker members, students, and seniors)
November 15 Concert Featuring Music Inspired by Rome Includes Carnegie Hall Perspectives Artist Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato as Soloist
November 16 Features an All-Prokofiev Program
This November, Music Director Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra return to Carnegie Hall for two concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. The first evening, on Friday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m., features music inspired by Rome, including Berlioz’s La mort de Cléopâtre, written in 1829 as a bid for a Prix de Rome, with Perspectives artist mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; Bizet’s rarely performed symphonic poem Roma; and Respighi’s Pines of Rome, one of three symphonic poems written by the Italian composer about different aspects of the Eternal City. Maestro Muti and the Orchestra return on the following night, Saturday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m., with an all-Prokofiev program featuring selections from Romeo and Juliet and Symphony No. 3.
The concert on November 15 is part of the Carnegie Hall Live broadcast and digital series with a live radio broadcast on WQXR 105.9 FM in New York and online at wqxr.org and carnegiehall.org/wqxr. Produced by WQXR and Carnegie Hall and co-hosted by WQXR’s Jeff Spurgeon and Clemency Burton-Hill, Carnegie Hall Live broadcasts include behind-the-scenes access to the artists and broadcast team, connecting national and international fans to the music and to each other. Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last performed at Carnegie Hall in February 2018. Bank of America is the Proud Season Sponsor of Carnegie Hall.
This performance is also part of Joyce DiDonato’s Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall with concerts and events throughout the 2019–2020 season that highlight her full range of vocal artistry, as well as her work as an educator. (For more information on upcoming Perspectives performances, please visit: www.carnegiehall.org/didonato.
Program
Information
Friday,
November 15, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo
Muti, Music Director and Conductor
Joyce
DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Stern
Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Georges
Bizet Roma
Hector
Berlioz La Mort De Cléopâtre
Ottorino
Respighi Pines Of Rome
Public
support for Carnegie Hall Live on WQXR is provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Perspectives:
Joyce DiDonato
Saturday,
November 16, 2019 at 8:00 p.m.
Chicago
Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo
Muti, Music Director and Conductor
Stern
Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Sergei
Prokofiev Selections From Romeo And Juliet
Sergei
Prokofiev Symphony No. 3 In C Minor, Op. 44
Born
in Naples, Italy, Riccardo Muti is one of the preeminent conductors
of our day. In 2010, when he became the tenth music director of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), he had more than forty years of
experience at the helm of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
(1968–80), the Philharmonia Orchestra (1973–82), The
Philadelphia Orchestra (1980–92), and Teatro alla Scala
(1986–2005).
Photo of Riccardo Muti by Todd Rosenberg Photography
Mr.
Muti studied piano under Vincenzo Vitale at the Conservatory of
San Pietro a Majella in his hometown of Naples, graduating with
distinction. After he won the Guido Cantelli Conducting
Competition—by unanimous vote of the jury—in Milan in 1967,
his career developed quickly. In 1968, he became principal conductor
of Florence’s Maggio Musicale, a position that he held until
1980.
Herbert
von Karajan invited him to conduct at the Salzburg Festival in
Austria in 1971, and Mr. Muti has maintained a close relationship
with the summer festival and with its great orchestra, the Vienna
Philharmonic, for more than 45 years. When he conducted the
orchestra’s 150th anniversary concert in 1992, he was presented
with the Golden Ring, a special sign of esteem and affection,
and in 2001, his outstanding artistic contributions to the orchestra
were further recognized with the Otto Nicolai Gold Medal. He
is also a recipient of a silver medal from the Salzburg Mozarteum
for his contribution to the music of Mozart and the Golden Johann
Strauss Award by the Johann Strauss Society of Vienna. He
is an honorary member of Vienna’s Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
(Society of the Friends of Music), the Vienna Hofmusikkapelle,
the Vienna Philharmonic, and the Vienna State Opera.
Mr.
Muti succeeded Otto Klemperer as chief conductor and music
director of London’s Philharmonia Orchestra in 1973, holding
that position until 1982. From 1980 to 1992, he was music director of
The Philadelphia Orchestra, and, in 1986, he became music
director of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala. During his 19-year
tenure, Muti conducted operatic and symphonic repertoire ranging from
the baroque to the contemporary, also leading hundreds of concerts
with the Filarmonica della Scala and touring the world with
both the opera company and the orchestra. His tenure as music
director, the longest of any in La Scala’s history, culminated in
the triumphant reopening of the restored opera house with Antonio
Salieri’s Europa riconosciuta, originally
commissioned for La Scala’s inaugural performance in 1778.
Riccardo
Muti’s vast catalog of recordings, numbering in the hundreds,
ranges from the traditional symphonic and operatic repertoires to
contemporary works. He also has written three books, Verdi,
l’italiano and Riccardo Muti: An Autobiography: First the
Music, Then the Words, both of which have been published in
several languages, as well as Infinity Between the Notes: My
Journey Into Music, published May 2019 and available in Italian.
Chicago symphony orchestra logo
During
his time with the CSO, Mr. Muti has won over audiences in greater
Chicago and across the globe through his music making as well as his
demonstrated commitment to sharing classical music. His first annual
free concert as CSO music director attracted more than 25,000 people
to Chicago’s Millennium Park. He regularly invites
subscribers, students, seniors, and people of low incomes to attend,
at no charge, his CSO rehearsals. Mr. Muti’s commitment to artistic
excellence and to creating a strong bond between an orchestra and its
communities continues to bring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to ever
higher levels of achievement and renown.
Editorial Credit: Coach / Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Coach
and Macy’s today announce
that the global fashion brand will debut as the first-ever luxury
fashion house to participate in the historic Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade®. The event will bring together two iconic American
brands with a shared New York legacy via a new float set to debut in
the annual holiday spectacle.
Coach Logo (PRNewsfoto/Coach)
With
more than 50 million viewers across the country and more than 3.5
million spectators lining up along the streets of New York City each
year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a national icon
that has grown into a world-famous holiday event. Since 1924, the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has marked the official start
of the holiday season. Growing in size and scale, the Parade proudly
marches down a more than 2-mile route in New York City with more than
8,000 participants in tow including Macy’s colleagues, their
families, celebrities, athletes, clowns and dance groups, all
spreading holiday cheer. Featuring fabulous floats and America’s best
marching bands, the signature of the Parade continues to be the
world-famous helium balloons.
Coach To Debut As First Luxury Fashion Brand In Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Led
by Coach’s mascot, the beloved dinosaur Rexy, the house’s
glittering float will feature a carnival-style reimagining of New
York City. Titled “Rexy in the City,” the float will
boldly kick-off the holiday season with the house’s unique spirit of
optimism, playfulness and inclusivity.
“Designed
and constructed by the artists of Macy’s Parade Studio, Coach’s ‘Rexy
in the City’ float is a dazzling marvel of engineering, artistry, and
animation that will bring a new level of whimsy to our Parade line-up
this year,” said Susan Tercero, executive producer of Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade. “On Thanksgiving Day, Rexy, the
fearless fashion dino will capture the imagination and hearts of
millions as she makes her glittering way down the streets of
Manhattan.“
In
addition to Coach‘s float debut in the 93rd Annual Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade, the partnership will also include an
exclusive Rexy-themed collection featuring leathergoods, footwear,
t-shirts and accessories, launching November 15 at select
Macy’s stores nationwide and macys.com.
Unleashed
by Coach creative director Stuart Vevers in 2015, Rexy has
appeared in Coach collections ever since, as well as on the runway.
Seen on Coach ready-to-wear worn by global face of Coach menswear
Michael B. Jordan, Kate Moss, Selena Gomez, Zoe
Kravitz and more, she is the symbol of the house’s playful spirit
and courageous attitude. Her glittering float in the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Day Parade will be her biggest, boldest appearance to
date.
Coach
is a global design house of modern luxury leather goods, apparel,
footwear, fragrance, eyewear and a full range of lifestyle
accessories. Founded in 1941, Coach has a longstanding reputation
built on quality craftsmanship and is defined by its confident New
York style. The brand approaches design with a modern vision,
reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that
is uniquely Coach. Coach products are available in approximately 55
countries through its network of directly operated stores, travel
retail shops and sales to wholesale customers and independent third
party distributors, as well as through coach.com.
(Coach is a Tapestry, Inc. brand. Tapestry is publicly
listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TPR.)
“As
an iconic American brand, we are proud for Coach to be the first
luxury fashion house to have a float in the 93-year history of the
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” said Joshua Schulman, chief
executive officer and brand president of Coach. “We can think
of no better way to kick-off the holiday season than to participate
in this great American tradition. This project not only underscores
our important partnership with Macy’s, but also speaks to the future
of the traditional wholesale business model, evolving from
distribution into meaningful brand storytelling.“
“We
are excited to see our valued and long-standing partnership with
Coach extend to the world-famous line-up of the Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade this year,” said Jeff Gennette, chairman and
chief executive officer of Macy’s, Inc. “As we kick-off the
holiday season, the new float and Rexy-themed collection will be a
great showcase for the Coach brand and promises to bring a dynamic
new element to the Parade and must-have exclusive product to our
stores.”
The
93rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade airs nationwide on
NBC-TV, on Thursday, November 28, 2019 from 9:00 AM – 12:00
PM, in all time zones. For more information on the Macy’s Parade
please visit www.macys.com/parade.
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