The New York Times – Music:
Joseph Havlat’s thoughtfully programmed “Sinner, Don’t Let This Harvest Pass” spirals out from Schumann’s enigmatic “Ghost Variations.”
Category: Classical Music
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Lincoln Center’s Orchestra Makes Creative Programming Look Easy
The New York Times – Music:
Jonathon Heyward, who leads the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center, conducted two concerts that put new music in conversation with classics.
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Musical Manuscripts Are Intimate and Transporting. See Why.
The New York Times – Music:
Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra’s music director, takes us on a tour through the handwritten score of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony.
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‘Our Drug Is Wagner’: Bayreuth Festival Draws the Composer’s Fiercest Fans
The New York Times – Music:
As the Bayreuth Festival celebrates 150 years, Wagnerians from around the globe brave heat, hard seats and a complex history for a unique music tradition.
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Their Forefather Was a Grocer and Mozart’s Most Important Librettist
The New York Times – Music:
Generations on, Lorenzo Da Ponte’s family keeps alive the memory of this poet and libertine, who ended up in the middle of Pennsylvania after being booted from Venice and Vienna.
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At Tanglewood, the Fresh Air Is Tainted by Tension
The New York Times – Music:
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s summer home looks placid on the surface, but underneath the organization is waging war on itself.
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‘Lili Elbe,’ Opera About Trans Heroine of ‘The Danish Girl,’ Is Timely
The New York Times – Music:
Lili Elbe’s story was told in “The Danish Girl.” Now Tobias Picker’s opera about her life, with a trans opera singer in the lead role, is making its U.S. premiere.
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Bill McGlaughlin, Who Unlocked Classical Music for Many, Dies at 82
The New York Times – Music:
His public-radio programs “Saint Paul Sunday” and “Exploring Music” were, at their height, listened to by hundreds of thousands of people a week.
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Marlboro Music: Where Artists Have Time to Chase Perfection
The New York Times – Music:
The Marlboro Music Festival, now in its 75th summer, allows artists to practice for however long they’d like, with no pressure to perform.