November 2016
London diary
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On a piano & cello concert at the Wigmore Hall and a performance of Don Giovanni by the English National Opera.
Topic: “Music”
November 2016
Opera note
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On Samson et Dalila and Tosca performed by the Opéra national de Paris.
October 2016
Salzburg chronicle
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On performances of Die Liebe der Danae and Don Giovanni by the Vienna Philharmonic, selections from West Side Story performed by the Símon Bolívar Symphony, and additional performances from the Salzburg Festival.
September 2016
New York chronicle
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On Paradise Interrupted, Reich/Reverberations, The Winter’s Tale, and The Illuminated Heart at Lincoln Center, and The Golden Bride at Kessler’s Second Avenue Theatre.
June 2016
New York chronicle
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On “The Romantic Viola” at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; a world premiere at the New York Philharmonic; The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Metropolitan Opera; and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
June 2016
Golden years
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On Edward Dusinberre's Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet.
May 2016
The doctor who cured the Opéra
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On the now-forgotten Louis-Désiré Véron.
May 2016
New York chronicle
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On Karawane, with the New York Philharmonic; Joshua Bell at Lincoln Center; Don Pasqualeat the Metropolitan Opera; Steven Hough at 92Y; and Timo Andres and Gabriel Kahane at Carnegie Hall.
May 2016
Exhibition note
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On “Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky” at the National Portrait Gallery, London, March 17–June 26, 2016
April 2016
The politics of (new) music
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On the political degradation of new music.