The Classical Beat: May 31, 2009 - June 6, 2009
To Comment, or Not to Comment
Housekeeping notes: commenting on the blog (and an overactive spam filter).
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June 5, 2009; 1:19 PM ET |
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Post Links, Posted
Links to articles in today's Washington Post: Marin Alsop extends in Baltimore to 2015; the Philadelphia Orchestra plays the Kennedy Center, leaderless or not.
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June 5, 2009; 10:42 AM ET |
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Weekend Spotlights
Stanley Drucker, 80, retires as principal clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic; the Manassas Community Chorale waves the flag for the Washington choral scene at Carnegie Hall; the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington sings about crystal meth addiction.
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June 5, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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Young Audiences: Obscure Object of Desire
I don't think classical music needs to reach out to a new young audience. I think classical music needs to reach out to a new audience, period.
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June 4, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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The Soloist: NSO Changes Horses for Asia
Leonidas Kavakos cancels the NSO's Asia tour; Nikolaj Znaider will go instead.
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June 3, 2009; 2:00 PM ET |
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Opera and the Young, Redux
Yet another contest designed to reach young audiences (good luck with that) manages to capture at least one fresh young outlook - in my opinion.
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June 3, 2009; 7:41 AM ET |
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Housekeeping Notes
How to navigate the Web-only reviews that appear on this blog (yes, they are archived); and the people who write them.
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June 3, 2009; 6:29 AM ET |
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In Performance: Jupiter Quartet, AYPO
Mark J. Estren reviews Luis Haza's final concert at the head of the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras; Joe Banno reviews the Jupiter Quartet, with guests, at the Corcoran.
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June 2, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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Weekend Roundup: Notes from All Over
A link to Philip Kennicott's review of "Salome" at the Opera Theater of St. Louis; acknowledgment of Robert Wilson's "Freischütz" in Baden-Baden; and a look ahead at this year's "June in Buffalo" festival, which starts today.
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June 1, 2009; 7:00 AM ET |
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Weekend Roundup: Washington
Links to reviews of Carole Farley and of the National Philharmonic; Ronni J. Reich reviews the second cast of WNO's "Turandot."
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June 1, 2009; 6:30 AM ET |
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