The Charley Glebe
Collection of Classical Music Resources
Thanks to a $2,000 bequest from the late Charley Glebe, and matching funding from The Friends of the Library, we present this collection of CDs, DVDs and videos of the best classical music performers.
Classical Connection. located on Level 2 of the Downtown Branch, will also feature books from the Library’s non-fiction collection.
Charley Glebe contributed to the Central Alberta community in many ways. He was a founding member of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra, and a long-time member of the Executive of the Friends of the Library. We are pleased to be able to provide this new resource at Red Deer Public Library in memory of Charley.
New: Classical Music Library Online
Now you can listen to thousands of great Classical Music CDs online, thanks to your library card from Red Deer Public Library. The Classical Music Library is the world's largest multi-label database of Classical music recordings for listening and learning in libraries. The award-winning Classical Music Library's growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks for listening and searching is supplemented by extensive reference materials and backed by a powerful suite of tools designed to support learning.
To connect to the Classical Music Library click here (if you're in the Library) or click here from home. A valid RDPL library card is required if you're connecting from home.
Upcoming Classical Music Events in Central Alberta
Check out the recently-announced schedule for the 20th Anniversary season of the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra at their website. Here are the dates: Sept 30, 2006: Latin Nights Nov. 04, 2006: Autumn Serenade Dec. 09, 2006: Christmas Celebration Jan. 27, 2007: Fire on the Mountain Mar. 17, 2007: St. Patrick’s Day Concert Apr. 28, 2007: Music from Central Europe |
Canadian Union College, Lacombe SILVERWINDS BAND CHRISTMAS CONCERT Saturday, 9 December 2006 at 8:00 p.m. CUC Administration Building Auditorium Sacred and secular numbers for band and brass/wind ensembles. Freewill offering.
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Canadian Union College, Lacombe Sunday at Seven Series Duo Seraphim Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Administration Building Auditorium |
Canadian Union College, Lacombe Sunday at Seven Series Organist Edie Johnson Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist Church, College Heights |
Canadian Union College, Lacombe Sunday at Seven Series Saturday, March 3 , 2007 at 8:00 p.m. Seventh Day Adventist Church, College Heights |
Canadian Union College, Lacombe SILVERWINDS BAND SPRING CONCERT Saturday, 14 April 2007 at 8:00 p.m. College Heights Christian School Gym Sacred and secular numbers for band and brass/wind ensembles. Freewill offering. |
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Do you have a classical music event to announce? Contact us at info@rdpl.org.
Classical Music Links
Classical Music on the Web
There are many exciting new classical music blogs, podcasts and streaming audio sites. Here are some recent favourites:
January 15, 2007: Good news from the Big Apple: WQXR, the radio station of the New York Times, is once again freely available on the web in both Windows Media and Real Audio formats. Check out this great station - their website is here. |
January 15, 2007: The best regularly updated source of streaming classical music online is Classical Live Online Radio. Here's a quick list of Windows Media format stations. |
December 15, 2007: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - home to many great paintings - also hosts fabulous music concerts. You can now listen to many great instrumentalists and groups through the Museum's concert podcasts (streaming audio or download) . Some highlights include Mozart by the Borromeo String Quartet, and Cecile Licad playing Chopin. |
December 15, 2007: Another excellent site for classical music concerts is the great Boston public radio/television station WGBH's Classical Music page. You can hear many concerts in streaming audio, or download current podcasts. Better yet, check out this listing of all of the WGBH podcasts. A real highlight here is Brahms and Beethoven from the great Canadian pianist Marc-André Hamelin. |
December 15, 2007: Alex Ross is the music critic for The New Yorker. His fascinating blog about music is The Rest is Noise. That's also the name of a book he's working on, which we're looking forward to with great anticipation. |
| On an Overgrown Path is the best of the British classical music blogs. |
| The Internet Archive hosts (among many, many other collections) the BeG Public Classical Music collection: more than 300 albums from Ye Olden Days that were originally released on LP and 78 r.p.m. records. There are many great pieces of music here by artists both great and obscure, in a variety of formats for online listening and downloading. Enjoy! |
Classical Music Magazines at RDPL
Their are three excellent classical music magazines available for loan and browsing, on Level 2 of the Downtown Branch:
 BBC Music - billed as "the world's best selling classical music magazine." The magazine comes with a CD of complete works, usually performed by one of the BBC's orchestras. There's also a good website for the magazine, with searchable CD reviews. |
 Gramophone - it modestly calls itself "the world's best classical music magazine." Their excellent website has a wealth of classical music resources, and an even larger database of reviews than BBC Music's. Gramophone normally comes with a CD with samples of new releases. |
 Fanfare - has excellent interviews & features, but this magazine is all about reviews. The website includes current reviews, and you can subscribe to the archive of reviews going way back. |
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