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thousandfold echo · 5d ago

Herbert Breslin: My Boss, My Friend

Picture it, 57th Street, the dawn of the millennium. Little Amanda Keil, still finding her way from her French horn diploma, stumbles into the sweltering office of one Herbert Breslin, then in the twilight of his career. I worked in … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 2W ago

A nice way to start the day

How I wish they would come to the C train….. But ever notice how most of the crowd is, by force, also the players in these things? Hmm, like classical music itself, just playing for ourselves….
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thousandfold echo · 2W ago

The NEA turns its back on classical music

This is pretty sad. The NEA has made significant cuts to PBS broadcasts of classical music in favor of gaming, mobile, and web-based projects. The cuts affect Live from Lincoln Center (down from $100,000 to $0), Great Performances from the … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 1M ago

How to attract young people to classical music concerts

From the Times: Restaurants that make you wait for the chance to sit on an uncomfortable seat at a shared table where you will have to scream above the music — or eat in silence — are not doing all … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 1M ago

On Traviata, Verdi, and the rest

The camellias are blooming in New York.  The first four months of 2012 have seen four productions of La Traviata : The Met is remounting its stark production, NYCO’s nearly thwarted production hoped to attract some of its audience back, … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 1M ago

Urgent petition: save some of Germany’s finest orchestras!

Terrible news from Germany, courtesy of Norman Lebrecht: the Südwestrundfunk (Southwest German Radio) has announced radical cutbacks to its two fabulous orchestras, the SWR-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, and the Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Stuttgart.  One may be forced to merge with the ot
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thousandfold echo · 2M ago

Hilton Kramer, 1928-2012

Hilton Kramer, a titan among conservative high culture critics, passed away today.  William Grimes has a concise and appreciative tribute in the New York Times, where Kramer was art critic from 1973 to 1982.  More tributes are on the website of … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 2M ago

New Music follow up

Where we been? Well, there was one concert, then another, then another. Only one out of the three was new, true, but I did manage to take in some Saariaho at Carnegie, and even opine about it, and bask in … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 2M ago

What’s mine is yours

From Saturday’s Carnegie Hall program: This is your music. And now is your time. Discover composers of today who open themselves up to all sorts of influences – pop and rock, the sounds of religious rituals from around the world, … Continue reading →
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thousandfold echo · 2M ago

The Philadelphia Orchestra dumps Rush Limbaugh

This from Politico: At least 29 companies have pulled their ads from the “The Rush Limbaugh Show” since the conservative talk show host called a law student a “slut” on the air last week…The list of companies that officially announced … Continue reading →
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