Mar 24, 2023
Oratorio time
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On the St. Matthew Passion of Bach from the New York Philharmonic et al.
Topic: “Bach”
Mar 08, 2023
Bach in good hands
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On a recital by the violinist Hilary Hahn.
Mar 22, 2022
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Scottish voyages, Benjamin Franklin, Simone Dinnerstein, François Couperin, Mark Morris & more.
Books March 2022
A benediction on the house
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Dec 14, 2021
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Seneca, Alice Trumbull Mason, Bach & more from the world of culture.
Aug 12, 2021
Bach the European
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On an evening with Sir András Schiff at the Salzburg Festival.
Jul 16, 2021
To go with your Bach
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On an unaccompanied cello suite by Max Reger.
Jan 27, 2021
The immortal forty-eight (or ninety-six)
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On Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, again.
Jan 22, 2021
One man’s “Well-Tempered”
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On Piotr Anderszewski’s new recording of (half of) Book II.
Sep 04, 2020
Music for a While #33: ‘Great are companions such as these’
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Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.