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Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1... More from Wikipedia
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Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, 2012

To celebrate the feast of St. Thomas, here are a few aphorisms from his writings: Everything evil is rooted in some good, an... Similar stories ...
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Philharmonic Society of Orange County announces 2012-2013 season

Click here to see my article on the 2010-2013 season of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, announced today. photo: Cl... Similar stories ...
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Salomon Orchestra on Valentines Day

The Salomon Orchestra are doing an attractively romantic programme for their concert on Valentines day, at St. Johns Smith Sq... Similar stories ...
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Congratulations, Nicholas Daniel!

Oboist and conductor Nicholas Daniel has been named as this year’s recipient of the Queen’s Medal for Music, Buck... Similar stories ...
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Mozart @ 256

The old guy’s still got it. © Miss Mussel for The Omniscient Mussel, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to d... Similar stories ...
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In Memory of Six Million: Italy's Classical Music Scene Bears Witness

Today marks the international Holocaust day of remembrance. Italy's opera houses and symphony orchestras to memorialize t... Similar stories ...
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James Gaffigan Returns to North America in 2012 to Lead Performances with Nine Major Orchestras

Mr. Gaffigan to make his debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. ... Similar stories ...
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Experience the majestic SAINT-SAËNS "Organ" Symphony with The Colorado Symphony

Colorado Symphony principal harpist Courtney Hershey Bress shines in rare performance of Oberthür's luminous Concertino for H... Similar stories ...
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Jindong Cai: Celebrating the Arts of Asia

The revered arts and culture of several Asian countries are celebrated in a festival at Stanford, now in its eighth year. Similar stories ...
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The Colorado Symphony Ball puts the Spotlight on the Orchestra for an evening of music and dance

For the first time in its history, this year’s Symphony Ball will feature the sounds of The Colorado Symphony for both listen... Similar stories ...
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So far, how good? Nico Muhly premieres in Seattle

The hot young composer takes big risks, both in music and with his titles. So how did his new piece go down? Here‘s a f... Similar stories ...
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Q2 Music and The Greene Space at WQXR Present A Preview of Merkin Concert Hall’s ECSTATIC MUSIC FESTIVAL on Wednesday, February 1 at 7pm

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MUSIC DIRECTOR HONECK, GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BARITONE HAMPSON RETURN TO HEINZ HALL FOR BRAHMS’ ‘REQUIEM’

Soprano Chen Reiss soloist, BNY Mellon Grand Classics’ program also features Dvořák’s ‘Biblical Songs’PITTSBURGH – Music Dire... Similar stories ...
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Two choral songs from The Grauniad

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FBQD

Got an oboe and a violin for Christmas. Let the practicing begin…oh, and I guess I should give my sweet hubby some ear ... Similar stories ...
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More Mozart

The Piano Quintet Piano and Winds K.452 Marianna Shirinyan, Rachel Bullen, John Kruse, Etienne Boudreault, Joke Wijma at the ... Similar stories ...
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Pulling Out All the Stops on Arts Funding

Arts organizations serving their broad constituencies need to fight for — and celebrate — victories in government funding. Similar stories ...
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UNESCO names classical music heritage city – and it’s not Vienna

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Singalonga Beethoven, with Barenboim on the baton

Germany is trying to put together the biggest ever virtual chorus for Beethoven’s ninth on July 29 (eat your heart out,... Similar stories ...
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Baltimore Playwrights Festival seeks directors for stage readings

This just in from the Baltimore Playwrights Festival, which is "urgently seeking volunteers to direct staged readings of new ... Similar stories ...
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Finnish maestro: a mourning on the south coast

We have received this fond remembrance from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, where Paavo Berglund served as chief conducto... Similar stories ...
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South Beach Chamber Ensemble serves up two contrasted rarities

The South Beach Chamber Ensemble presents innovative programs, offering contemporary works and rarities from the past. A spar... Similar stories ...
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Friday Historical for Mozart's Birthday, plus some news

First of all, I'm delighted to announce that I have "a new gig", contributing to The Spectator Arts Blog. My first piece is o... Similar stories ...
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800 years of the Thomanerchor

Founded in 1212, this year marks the 800th anniversary of the founding of Leipzig's Thomanerchor. The bedrock of music making... Similar stories ...
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Lalo Schifrin interview

Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing film composer Lalo Schifrin for an article; as he's in Los Angeles it was a pho... Similar stories ...
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For Mozart's birthday, three of his most divine minutes

Hey, I know you don't want to forget to wish Mozart a happy 256th birthday. (To tell the truth, I almost forgot myself.)As Ni... Similar stories ...
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Grocery, Grocer-ah, Grocery, Grocer-ha ha ha ha ha ha

It might be difficult for readers of this blog to understand exactly the kind of town I live in. Our kids used to describe i... Similar stories ...
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Cunning Little Vixen at the Kennedy Center

Monument of Bystrouška, from Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen, in Hukvaldy, the composer's hometown Sharp-Ears, otherwise ... Similar stories ...
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Gilded Korngold

The Doric Quartet and pianist Kathryn Stott launch into Korngold's Piano Quintet with terrific sweep. Unapologetic for the lu... Similar stories ...
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On the eternal

As long as people have occasion to be annoyed with something or someone, Protest Songs will possess a feeling of immediacy. ... Similar stories ...
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Another intro

We’ve changed the title of this week’s celebrity slide show in the hopes that you’ll like it more. But it&#... Similar stories ...
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Berglund's silence of Jarvenpaa

Nielsen's Fifth Symphony has been well served by the record industry. I grew to love it through a long-deleted 1975 LP. Produ... Similar stories ...
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Just in: Darmstadt fires its music director

Constantin Trinks, 36, got his marching orders after a falling out with intendant John Dew. They don’t mess about in Da... Similar stories ...
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Happy Birthday, Herr Mozart!

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Smart QR Code Design For Maximizing Conversion From Mailings

It’s always fun when unrelated items converge in just the right way at just the right time to uncover something useful.... Similar stories ...
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Kronos Quartet on In Tune

A YouTube video of the Kronos Quartet's appearance on In Tune, rather fun seeing a radio programme. Also, of the two pieces t... Similar stories ...
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Tonight's The Night

Tonight's the night we all find out whether we're in for a splendid future of Wagner performances at the Met or its v... Similar stories ...
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Luigi Dallapiccola Il Prigioniero Salonen South Bank

At last, Luigi Dallapiccola's Il prigioniero came to the South Bank. How happy Esa-Pekka Salonen must be that he returned to ... Similar stories ...
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Howard University's Dept. of Music Centennial: Music Faculty in Masterworks of the 19th Century

[From TOP: Raymond T. Jackson, Kehembe V. Eichelberger, Fred Irby, III] Howard University's Department of Music Rea... Similar stories ...
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I am sitting

I’m sitting backstage at Benaroya Hall in Seattle simultaneously re-packing my bags and listening to these outrageous r... Similar stories ...
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How to rig your stage for Mahler’s Eighth

It’s coming up next week in L.A. and the stage hands are doing musical dry-runs. Watch this: Similar stories ...
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The Giant Conductor: a maestro mourns

We have just received this tribute from Sakari Oramo, chief condcutor of Helsinki Radio and the Stockholm Philharmonic: &#160... Similar stories ...
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Call Me Cynical

Email from LA Opera trumpets a new web site feature: select your own seat! We're happy to finally be able to offer this! And ... Similar stories ...
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Tributes pour in for fallen Finnish maestro

Vesa Siren on the Helsingin Sanomat has been collecting memories of Paavo Berglund, the doyen Finnish conductor, who died tod... Similar stories ...
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SCTF.org: 'Dominique-Rene de Lerma donates Coleridge-Taylor bibliography to SCTF website'

[Photo: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation] We welcome this news of our friends at www.SCTF.org.uk, and we look forward to... Similar stories ...
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Boston’s Zander scandal: the full truth, at last

I have received an independent account of Benjamin Zander’s dismissal which does not accord with the official version. ... Similar stories ...
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FBQD

Everytime I hear an oboe or a trumpet, i’ll always smile. :) Similar stories ...
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Pack ‘Em Up!

You are at rehearsal. Break time has just been called. How long do you think it takes to swab and pack up an oboe? Think abou... Similar stories ...
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The Tree of Life at the Oscars

I notice that the Oscar nominations were announced earlier this week. Usually I don’t pay a great deal of attention to ... Similar stories ...
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Kids Around the Bay

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This is soooo BBC

I have been smuggled the new logo of the BBC Symphony Orchestra by some of its unlicensed dissidents. See what you think. Similar stories ...
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Tosca at the London Coliseum

We hadn't intended to see this first revival of Catherine Malfitano's production of Tosca at the London Coliseum. But we miss... Similar stories ...
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British conductor lands orchestra in Galicia

Paul Daniel, who has been on the loose since leaving English National Opera in the last decade, has landed a good berth in Sp... Similar stories ...
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Just in: magisterial conductor has died

Paavo Berglund, the austere, authoritative and vastly accomplished Finnish maestro has passed away, aged 82. Renowned in Sibe... Similar stories ...
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Composer's Dilemma: rhythm, bar lines and readability

I love rhythm, numbers and odd pairings of the two. They don't always make for obvious bar line choices. A recent piece I'v... Similar stories ...
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James Falzone - Music Through Other Lenses

My profile piece on James Falzone is posted over at New Music Box over here. Similar stories ...
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Narrative Before Music

My New Music Box column about a recent 5th House Ensemble performance is here. Similar stories ...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra: Harlem String Quartet at Tanglewood 8 PM Sunday, August 26, 2012

[Harlem String Quartet] Boston Symphony OrchestraAug 26 2012 Sunday, 8:00 PM Chick Corea and Ga... Similar stories ...
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Nicola Benedetti & Friends Residency at LSO St Luke's in March

BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concerts 1, 8, 15 & 22 March All to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3International violinist Nicola Benedet... Similar stories ...
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Videos Worth Watching

I’ve always loved David Garland’s songs, and have written about them many times. He’s still making them, an... Similar stories ...
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For Your Consideration: 'The Artist'

One of my Christmas presents was Brian Kellow's biography of movie critic Pauline Kael, an enjoyable read. If Kael's critical... Similar stories ...
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Beyond Baroque, Art Jarvinen and Me

This Friday the series Beyond Music will present a concert of the music of Arthur Jarvinen at Beyond Baroque Literary/Arts Ce... Similar stories ...
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Paavo Berglund has died

Kapellimestari Paavo Berglund on kuollut - headlines in Finland. Paavo Berglund has died, 25/1/12, aged 82. Berglund was an ... Similar stories ...
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Interview with Avner Dorman

The composer discusses some of his works, among them a new encore piece for Hilary Hahn Israeli-born composer Avner Dorman... Similar stories ...
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PAAVO BERGLUND, April 14 1929 - January 25 2012

Sad news today that the Finnish conductor Paavo Berglund has died at the age of 82. I heard him many times and will long reme... Similar stories ...
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Soulful Symphony's first Hippodrome season to open with Michael Jackson tribute

The Soulful Symphony, dormant for more than a year, will be back in the spotlight on Saturday. The orchestra, founded in 2000... Similar stories ...
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Can You Have Ticket Deals That Are Too Good?

Following up on last Monday’s Placebo Pricing article, the ever sharp Lisa Hirsch from Iron Tongue of Midnight started ... Similar stories ...
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The man who finished off Lulu gets an unearned bonus

Friedrich Cerha, the Austrian composer best known for completing Alban Berg’s torso opera, has been awarded the 200,000... Similar stories ...
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Long-lost Rubinstein video comes to light

Much delight among pianophiles at the unexpected reappearance of a 1966 German documentary about the phenomenal Arthur Rubins... Similar stories ...
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Occupy and the Arts: Curating by Consensus in Lower Manhattan

by Katherine Gressel In late September 2011, I started following Occupy Wall Street’s (OWS’s) Arts and Culture committee with... Similar stories ...
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Wolfgang Rihm at 60 - London Sinfonietta

Eager anticipation for the London Sinfonietta's Wolfgang Rihm at 60 concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Part of the disappoi... Similar stories ...
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Critic’s Choice

If it’s January, then it must be time for the Cleveland Orchestra’s annual Miami residency. Last season the Cleve... Similar stories ...
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AfriClassical posted a review on their blog

Ohio Wesleyan: 'Nancy Gamso Publishes Results of Aural Learning Project in Peer-Reviewed Music Educators Journal'

[Nancy Gamso (Photo Credit: Stephen Pariser)] Ohio Wesleyan University tells AfriClassical of An Aural Learning Project, a... Similar stories ...
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Delius Royal Festival Hall Sunday

Sunday 29th January for Delius at the South Bank, with an important AFTERNOON concert at the Royal Festival Hall, with the Ph... Similar stories ...
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XKCD: Connoisseur

You know it’s true. © XKCD © Miss Mussel for The Omniscient Mussel, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.... Similar stories ...
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Quote

“…the critic … does his duty best by his readers when he describes and explains to the public what the artist is doing. If he... Similar stories ...
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Just saying

My head-on-pillow listening of late has been Tallis, and I am finding myself strongly drawn to get a Kyrie setting started. ... Similar stories ...
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Conrad Tao, 17, shows fully mature virtuosity in Rachmaninoff

An outstanding 17-year-old pianist gave a performance of a Rachmaninoff concerto Tuesday night in Fort Lauderdale that would ... Similar stories ...
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First a ringphone, now a crying baby

Conductors know what to do when a phone goes off in their concert. It’s called the Alan Gilbert gambit. In Dayton, Ohio... Similar stories ...
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Opera chief tells Denmark: you no longer have an opera

‘We have been through a war together these past few weeks,’ says Keith Warner, in a full and frank explanation of... Similar stories ...
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Books (the sequel ...)

I have taken some more time to read the books I mentioned on an earlier post. Of the three, I was left dry is on the one on ... Similar stories ...
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Criticising the critics 4: please may I quote your review?

It has been standard practice in the entertainment industries for as long as we’ve been around that a good review is ra... Similar stories ...
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Leif Ove Andsnes: Quarter Century in the Spotlight

A renowned Norwegian pianist finds home even on his frequent tours, and values the intimacy of smaller concert halls. Similar stories ...
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Masterpiece Recorded by Mackerras, At Last

A fascinating, rarely heard Czech symphony by Josef Suk meditates on death, and is well worth a hearing. Similar stories ...
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Soprano Hélène Lindqvist and Pianist Philipp Vogler in 'Thou art risen my beloved' of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

[Samuel Coleridge-Taylor] On July 3, 2011 AfriClassical quoted the Lindqvist & Vogler Duo as saying: “We plan to ... Similar stories ...
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Morgan State University Choir Performs at Martin Luther King, Jr. Program of Broadcast Board of Governors

[Morgan State University Choir] Dr. Eric Conway, Director of the Morgan State University Choir, sent us this mess... Similar stories ...
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München im Schnee

A Munich ritual: no matter how sleepless I feel on the first day, I go to the Alte Pinakothek, perhaps my favorite museum, an... Similar stories ...
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Joseph Fernando Macari Sor's "Etude No. 13"

Joseph Fernando Macari Sor (1778-1839) was a Spanish composer. He lived in Paris during the Napoleonic Wars. He was very well... Similar stories ...
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Classical music is not a spectator sport

Cut to the Britten Studio at Snape on Saturday evening (Jan 21) where the 'Returns Only' sign was posted at the box office. S... Similar stories ...
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Everyman Theatre explores marital crisis in (more than) 'Fifty Words'

The daily dust-ups between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich pale in comparison to the battle scenes being played out with consid... Similar stories ...
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Sergei Polunin, wise counsel

Shock news of Sergei Polunin's resignation from the Royal Ballet emerged yesterday afternoon, though his final tweets indicat... Similar stories ...
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The continuing downward spiral

Finished watching The Two Towers last night. The screenwriters (all four of them, good gawd) treat the characters (small c)... Similar stories ...
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Midweek Madness: The art of the fugue, Lady Gaga-style

My thanks to Brian Sacawa, the effortlessly cool dude who guides Mobtown Modern, for alerting me to a contrapuntal tribute to... Similar stories ...
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Hearing Elgar's Faith

I always said God was against art and I still believe it. Anything obscene or trivial is blessed in this world and has a rewa... Similar stories ...
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Another Orchestra vs. Unemployment Incident

The 2011-12 season seems to be the year of pushing back against paying musicians unemployment benefits for some orchestras. I... Similar stories ...
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I have no blogging mojo.

I submitted my tenure/promotion portfolio before break. I feel more creative than ever. But I still can’t get back into... Similar stories ...
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Opera Lafayette uncovers Monsigny work once sung by Marie-Antoinette

The early music scene in our region -- the early music scene, period -- is particularly fortunate to have Opera Lafayette as ... Similar stories ...
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Links: this was the week that was on Washington’s classical scene

While I was out of town, there were some excellent concerts in Washington. Here’s a survey of them to replace the blog post I... Similar stories ...
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Link: Bell, and Ethel

There were two significant concerts in Washington on Monday night. Stephen Brookes took on Joshua Bell. And I reviewed the st... Similar stories ...
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