Apr 09, 2021
Week in review
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On ancient music & Philip Roth’s KGB file.
Topic: “Music”
Apr 08, 2021
Music for a While #43: Embraceability
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Jay Nordlinger, The New Criterion’s music critic, talks music—but, more important, plays music.
Apr 06, 2021
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Lee Krasner, Ralph Vaughan Williams, honoring the memory of Penn Station & more from the world of culture.
Mar 31, 2021
Be still my pulse
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An illustration from a French-horn player.
Mar 30, 2021
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Arthur Dove, Giovanni Pergolesi, the romance of ruins, “getting” poetry & more from the world of culture.
Mar 25, 2021
Music off the beaten track
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On a new album of works for piano and orchestra by Korngold, Rimsky-Korsakov & Chopin.
Music April 2021
Livestream chronicle
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On recent livestreams by Leif Ove Andsnes, Sonya Yoncheva, Mikhail Pletnev & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Mar 23, 2021
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Albert Pinkham Ryder, the Frick Madison, Thomas Lawrence & more from the world of culture.
Mar 19, 2021
James Levine, RIP
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On one of the greatest conductors and musicians we have known.
Mar 18, 2021
In the meantime, chamber music
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On a concert by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.