Letter V
The Virginia Classical Music Blog
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Review: Richmond Festival of Music
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April 29, Second Presbyterian Church Charles Ives commonly is described as a "maverick" American composer, but in truth he was an ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Arts and smarts (con't.)
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Researchers now suggest that correlations between arts education and improved academic performance are off the mark, Ann Hulbert writes in T...
Elsewhere
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My interview with George Daugherty, the conductor leading the Richmond Symphony on May 3 in "Bugs Bunny on Broadway," classic Loon...
Monday, April 28, 2008
Henry Brant (1913-2008)
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Henry Brant, the composer best known as a pioneer of "spatial" music, has died at the age of 94 at his home in Santa Barbara, CA. ...
Rattle retained
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The Berlin Philharmonic has voted to keep Simon Rattle as its chief conductor beyond the expiration of his current contract in 2012. Details...
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Boulez the optimist
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Pierre Boulez on the classical audience's receptivity to modern and contemporary music: "20% are very interested in new things, 50%...
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Review: Richmond Symphony
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George Manahan conducting April 25, Second Baptist Church, Richmond Give George Manahan a complex, colorful modern score and he will give yo...
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