The Classical Beat: May 24, 2009 - May 30, 2009
Falletta in Full
An interview with the conductor JoAnn Falletta: full version of a discussion that was excerpted for the print paper.
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Anne Midgette
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May 30, 2009; 2:20 PM ET |
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In Performance: Philippe Manoury's "Partita I"
Aaron Grad reviews the violist Christophe Desjardins performing Philippe Manoury's extraordinary "Partita I" at the Maison Française.
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Anne Midgette
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May 30, 2009; 12:19 PM ET |
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Notes from Spoleto: Michael Harrison
Tim Page, my much-admired predecessor at The Washington Post who is now a professor at the University of Southern California, is doing a second stint this summer as the guest critic for the Charleston Post and Courier covering the Spoleto...
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Anne Midgette
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May 29, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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Opera: Young at Art
Why Rupert Christensen is wrong: opera is made for teenagers. As long as it doesn't talk down to them.
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Anne Midgette
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May 28, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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In Praise of the Amateur (Part Two)
The critic as amateur: what it means to love music while telling the field what it's doing wrong.
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Anne Midgette
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May 27, 2009; 11:37 AM ET |
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In Praise of the Amateur (Part One)
The idea of the amateur doesn't get enough respect - and represents a love that's too often missing these days from the 'serious' field of classical music. Part One of a two-part post, abridged from a talk I gave at the Friday Morning Music Club.
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Anne Midgette
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May 26, 2009; 11:10 AM ET |
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In Performance: Conservatories and "Capuleti"
Link to Joe Banno's review of the Conservatory Project at the Kennedy Center; Mark J. Estren reviews Bel Cantanti's performance of Bellini's "I Capuleti e i Montecchi."
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Anne Midgette
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May 26, 2009; 6:31 AM ET |
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In Performance: Kitchen's Bach, Singers' Haydn
Link to Joe Banno's review of Nicholas Kitchen's remarkable Bach partita cycle on historic violins at the Library of Congress; Joan Reinthaler reviews a rare program of Haydn's vocal music.
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Anne Midgette
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May 25, 2009; 10:22 AM ET |
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