All posts tagged "classical music"
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Blog-Dance
Dance to the Music: National Youth Orchestras of Chile
April 29, 2022My father, Hugo Domínguez, had been Hen’s assistant, and one day they were walking in a...
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Biography
Orchestras, Oboes and Orgies
October 13, 2021"I was honest about my own behavior and that of others, yet stopped short of revealing...
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Music
NY Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven Festival Concludes
September 19, 2021There’s nothing worse than a complacent performance of a Beethoven symphony. Being such a staple of...
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Art
Book Review: Some of My Lives: A Scrapbook Memoir by Rosamond Bernier
September 5, 2021Rosamond’s very early experiences with the great and famous were connected with her father’s love for...
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Biography
Book Review: Verdi and/or Wagner: Two Men, Two Worlds, Two Centuries by Peter Conrad
August 11, 2021Perhaps, the best way of approaching Conrad’s book is to regard it primarily as a meditation...
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Movies
Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “John Williams: A Night at the Movies”
August 3, 2021Judging by the audience’s response, the final item listed on the program was what many had...
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Music
Music Review: New York Philharmonic, “Alan Gilbert Conducts Bach, Berg, and Brahms”
July 28, 2021Taking the second violin part, Gilbert, who has previously played in the Philharmonic’s chamber music concerts,...
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Israel
Daniel Barenboim at La Scala
May 7, 2020Drama number three was the presence on the podium of Daniel Barenboim, the child prodigy born...