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Saturday, October 29, 2011

Confession

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During the Dutilleux last night, I kept trying to figure out just what combination of instruments could the composer possibly be using to so...
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Mystery Man

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It's another tough week for regular concert-goers, with Simon Keenlyside's recital two nights ago at Herbst, the SFS program on whic...
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Gubaidulina Commission Postponed Again

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The November SFS programs featuring the Brahms Requiem were to include a new work by Sofia Gubaidulina, but owing to the composer's illn...
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Note to Self: Places to Visit Whenever I Return to London

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St. Pancras Old Church, in the graveyard of which are buried Sir John Soane and Lady Soane, John Polidori, and Johann Christian Bach. Liber...
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Friday, October 28, 2011

Meanwhile, in San Diego

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Jay Hunter Morris was scheduled to sing Captain Ahab in San Diego Opera's production of Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick . SDO has released h...

JHM to the Rescue!

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Not only is Jay Hunter Morris singing the title role in the current run of Met Siegfried s, he's taking the same role in several of the ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

This Week in the Death of Classical Music

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The sky has failed to fall in....Boston, Massachusetts! The BSO and its musicians have signed a new contract. Here are the relevant number...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Bells of Notre Dame

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The bells of Notre Dame de Paris are getting a makeover; several existing bells, age about 150, are to be melted down and replaced by new be...
Monday, October 24, 2011

Program Change

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If you bought a ticket to David Robertson's SFS concerts on May 31, June1, and June 3 expecting to hear Dawn Upshaw singing Britten'...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Liszt 200

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A day late, I know, but whatever. I'm celebrating by listening to Marston Records ' newish set, Liszt Illuminated , recordings by...
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@LisaIronTongue

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Cannot believe I am doing this, but, yeah, now you can follow me on Twitter.

Same Concert? / Same Concert

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John Marcher was not at the same concert as me. (Zajick looked to me as though she was listening attentively when she wasn't singing, n...
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Oh, Really?

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The Times obtained an advance copy of Condoleeza Rice's memoir, and I wanted to throw it against the wall without having read it. Take t...
Friday, October 21, 2011

And If You're Not Crying About This Weekend

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Several possibilities: Verdi Requiem, SFS & Symphony Chorus, Conlon. 'Nuff said. Friday & Saturday. $15 to $140. BluePrint at ...

October Also Makes Me Cry

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October 27: Berkeley Symphony October 27-29: Alan Gilbert at SFS (Haydn, Beethoven, Dutilleux) October 27-30: Philharmonia Baroque (Arias ...
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We Were at the Same Concert

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The Verdi Requiem at San Francisco Symphony, splendor illuminated. Me, in SFCV Joshua Kosman, in the Chronicle . He's also right about...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Were We at the Same Concert?

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If you're a reviewer, you hear or see that question a lot, especially if you're a daily reviewer in a paper that has comments on rev...
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Hero of the Year

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Jay Hunter Morris, who took over the Siegfried Siegfried in San Francisco Opera's Ring when Ian Storey was unable to sing the role, wi...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

No, Flames on Stage are Not Daring

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Especially in a modern house with fire marshalls making sure you won't burn down the building: In this production’s one theatrically d...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Inaccessible Email Redux

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The current count of organizations who've sent me email with all information in graphical format: An die Musik, NYC (has not responded ...
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Also This Weekend

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Choral car pile-up, yeah: Ave, in a program called Wise & Foolish Virgins , music old and new. (Guys, great program, but tiny white typ...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

This Weekend

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Three concerts of note: James Conlon conducts SFS in Pictures at an Exhibition and Shostakovich's 14th Symphony, the latter with Olga...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Another Don Giovanni Cast Change - This Time in San Francisco

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Topi Lehtipuu out (illness, they say); Shawn Mathey in. Here he is in "Un'aura amorosa" from Cosi fan tutte .  I like this a ...

Yet Another Reason We Need a Revolution Drug Law Reform

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States are trying to make clean drug tests a requirement for receiving social insurance benefits such as unemployment, cash aid, job traini...

Falling Sky Follow-Up

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Earlier this year, I wrote a blog posting that shredded some assertions made by the HuffPost blogger Ivan Katz. What do you know, I was rig...