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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Opera in Tempori Belli

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Reviewing Adriana Mater , by Kaija Saariaho and Amin Maalouf, Santa Fe Opera, July 26, 2008. Update : That should be "...in Tempore Bel...
Monday, July 28, 2008

All Things Must Pass

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Every time I've seen the great Frederica von Stade's name on a program in the last few years, I've breathed a sigh of relief and...

Where I've Been

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I can't apologize for the long silence. The week of July 13 to 18 was what I usually call "system release hell," though it was...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Gypsies, Nobles, and Nuns

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Expectations have a lot to do with how I respond to a particular performance, especially when it comes to opera. Only big companies can hire...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

Levine Endorses Pilates

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Okay, the big news of the day is actually that James Levine is having a kidney removed, because of a cyst, and will miss the balance of the ...
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Monday, July 07, 2008

Compare and Contrast 10

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The reviews are piling up for Die Soldaten : Anthony Tommasini likes it ("a miraculous realization of an opera once deemed unperformab...
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Sunday, July 06, 2008

What Terry Said

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Go, run, see the gigantic J.M.W. Turner retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. I caught this show at the Nation...
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Friday, July 04, 2008

Critics, Journalism, and the Internet

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It's been a bad year for music journalists, with critics losing their jobs left and right, through buyouts, layoffs, and resignations. S...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Rare Debussy

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A friend writes: I've just been listening to the recording of Debussy's Le Martyre de St.-Sébastien by MTT and the London Symphony,...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Thank Goodness for Small Favors

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David Brooks, in conversation with Gail Collins: First, I can never imagine believing that I am qualified to be president of the United Stat...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Rising Sun

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Reviewing the San Francisco Symphony . Lindberg, Seht die Sonne ; Debussy songs; Beethoven, Seventh Symphony. Some thoughts that didn't ...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

San Francisco Opera on the Radio

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Here's the schedule for the next batch of San Francisco Opera broadcasts on KDFC: Sunday, July 6 at 8pm – Stravinky’s  The Rake’s Progre...
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Pamela Z at the Royce Gallery, June 27-29

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THE PENDULUM A new solo multi-media performance work by Pamela Z Friday- Sunday June 27, 28, and 29, 2008, 8pm Royce Gallery, 2901 Mariposa ...
Friday, June 20, 2008

Medici TV at Aspen, and Elsewhere

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Medici TV will have webcasts from Aspen this year, as well as Verbier and other festivals!

Lucia Tonight: Free, with Garlic Fries!

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San Francisco Opera's ballpark simulcast of Lucia di Lammermoor is tonight. The production, and especially the singing, and especially ...
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Words I Never Thought I'd See Together

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"Finnish accordion virtuosos ."
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Arrangements

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On the Concord Ensemble's Berkeley Festival program last week was a number familiar to me, Juan  Arañés’s   Chacona, "A la vida, vi...
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Music in the Dark

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Review,  Le Poème Harmonique  at the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition.
Sunday, June 08, 2008

Things I Learned This Week

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Going to five performances in six days is a mistake, at least if you also have to go to work. That would be Das Rheingold , the SF Symphony ...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

San Francisco Performances/Advice Sought

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I saw the San Francisco Performance press release for next season a couple of months ago, and didn't comment at the time. Now the brochu...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Things Do Change

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The Boosey & Hawkes email newsletter brings word of a new program, the Boosey & Hawkes Emerging Composers, a new sponsorship program...

Pops?

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I've got the 2008-09 season press release from New Century Chamber Orchestra , that gem of an ensemble. The upcoming season will be NCCO...
Sunday, May 25, 2008

A Different Kind of Summer Sing

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Mostly Motets is having a combination concert and sing-along, featuring works by Dufay, Desprez, Tallis, Palestrina, Byrd, Victoria, and ot...

American Music Festival 2

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In my previous posting , I called attention to the absence of women from the press release for the 68th Annual American Music Festival. Davi...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

68th Annual American Music Festival

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I've received a press release about the 68th Annual American Music Festival, presented by WNYC. The blurbage starts this way: The 2008 A...
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