Mar 06, 2019
MTT, the VPO, and a pianist named Igor
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On a concert in Carnegie Hall
Topic: “Music”
Mar 01, 2019
A fitting Postludium
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George Loomis on William Schuman’s Ninth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Feb 28, 2019
Clear as Glass
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On Simone Dinnerstein’s performance of Franz Schubert and Philip Glass at National Sawdust.
Feb 25, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Dana Gordon, Herbert Blomstedt, the history of golf & more from the world of culture.
Feb 25, 2019
Love kills
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On Richard Strauss’s Elektra at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Feb 21, 2019
A very seria opera reform
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On Gluck’s Paride ed Elena by Odyssey Opera in Boston.
Feb 19, 2019
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Claire Messud and French literature, Brenda Goodman, NYCB and NY Phil for the whole family & more from the world of culture.
Feb 16, 2019
O Peterhouse, pastor bone
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On Blue Heron’s recent performance of English polyphony from the Peterhouse Partbooks.
Feb 13, 2019
A girl in a bag, etc.
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On Rigoletto at the Met
Feb 12, 2019
Suddenly, a song would arise
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On Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, performed in the crypt of a church in Harlem.