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Tag Archives: Rachmaninoff
Eve Egoyan 5: reinventing the tone-row
Isn’t that life, in a way: trying to accommodate dissonance –Ann Southam In the realm of disco or heavy metal, we’re told to turn up the volume. I saw something new, though, on the booklet for Eve Egoyan’s CD 5. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Southam, Berg, Eve Egoyan, feminism, gender, Glenn Gould Studio, Kurtág, Liszt, Modernism, Philip Glass, Rachmaninoff, tone-row, Webern
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Opera Eats
There are more talented artists graduating from the programs training them than there are possible jobs. It’s one reason we have Fringe Festivals: because we’ve trained so many good young actors, directors & playwrights, that they can create their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Against the Grain, Aleko, Aria Umezawa, Cookie, Erin Stone, Essential Opera, Gallery 345, Hin und Zurück, Johnathon Kirby, Joshua Whelan, Justin Stolz, Milton Granger, Natalya Matyusheva, Opera Eats, Opera Five, Paul Hindemith, Rachmaninoff, Rigoletto, Talk Opera, Toronto Opera Collaborative, Volcano Productions, Young Gypsy, Zemfira
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The New Everest
In a fascinating article in the New York Times, Anthony Tommasini observed that virtuosi are “becoming a dime a dozen”. Surely there’s some truth to this. Tommasini made the analogy to the four minute mile, once thought to be an … Continue reading
Ministers of Music
December 30th is a day of reflection in my family. My father passed away on this date long ago, forever casting a shadow over this festive season. It doesn’t mean one can’t celebrate. If one occasionally eats & drinks oneself … Continue reading
Mostly Frenchmen
I am so lucky that I made it to Lincoln Center in New York City this week for the big summer music festival, when Mostly Mozart Festival is admittedly mostly over. This is a festival probing interesting connections and juxtapositions … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Tommasini, Bertrand Chamayou, Jeremie Rhorer, Lincoln Center, Liszt, Mostly Mozart Festival, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Schubert, virtuoso
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