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2:41 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

The Cocktail Party Guide To Igor Stravinsky

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Don't be caught "Stravinsky deficient" as the big centennial of his Rite of Spring approaches.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 4:21 pm

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5:43 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Pat Metheny And John Zorn: A Vivid Sound World

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Best known for bright, accessible modern jazz, Pat Metheny takes on an experimental composer's work with the new Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20.
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Guitarist Pat Metheny is revered for his bright, accessible modern jazz. Saxophonist and composer John Zorn is associated with much knottier, often dissonant experiments.

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12:06 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

Gods And Monsters: 5 Unforgettable Wagner Moments

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The Valkyries, led by Brunnhilde (soprano Debra Voigt, lower left), are the warrior maidens of Richard Wagner's epic Ring cycle.
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Eric Owens plays the greedy dwarf Alberich, displaying his golden ring, in Wagner's Das Rheingold.
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Mark Delevan as Wotan and Deborah Voigt as his daughter Brunnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre.
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Peter Seiffert and Katarina Dalayman as the title characters in Tristan und Isolde, Wagner's cosmic tale of love.
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Klaus Florian Vogt sings the role of Walter the brash, young game-changer in Wagner's Die Meistersinger.
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Parsifal (Jonas Kaufmann) lifts the Holy Grail as Gurnemanz (Rene Pape) looks on, in a recent Metropolitan Opera production of Wagner's final opera, Parsifal.
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Originally published on Wed May 22, 2013 4:02 pm

  • William Berger on 'Parsifal'
  • William Berger on 'Das Rheingold'
  • William Berger on 'Die Walküre'
  • William Berger on 'Tristan und Isolde'
  • William Berger on 'Die Meistersinger'

How much do you know about Richard Wagner? Probably two unfavorable facts: He wrote very long, grandiose operas and was Hitler's favorite composer. As true as they are, those simple examples barely hint at the complexity of this endlessly creative and confounding artist.

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2:29 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

A DIY Guide To The History Of Women In Jazz

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Trombonist and arranger Melba Liston is one of the women featured in a new documentary about female instrumentalists in jazz, The Girls in the Band.
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6:40 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Coaxing The Baby To Sleep: A Violinist's Hand-Picked Lullabies

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Violinist Rachel Barton Pine says she had her infant daughter in mind when she decided to record an album of lullabies.
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Originally published on Wed May 1, 2013 7:48 pm

In German, it's wiegenlied; in French, berceuse; in Norwegian, vuggevise. In any language, the universal effect of what we know as the lullaby is, of course, to coax a baby to sleep.

Violinist Rachel Barton Pine had her own baby in mind when she decided to record a collection of lullabies. Her infant daughter appears on the cover of the new album Violin Lullabies — all folded up, fast asleep, so tiny she just about fits in her dad's hands.

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