Letter V

The Virginia Classical Music Blog

Thursday, May 31, 2012

'Dear Leader' music?

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Operas target 'tsar' Putin

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Protest against the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin now extends to the country’s leading opera houses, as productions of Mussorgs...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Review: Virginia Symphony

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with soloists & chorus JoAnn Falletta conducting May 26, William and Mary Hall, Williamsburg The late newspaper columnist Guy Fridel...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Roanoke Symphony seeks $250,000

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The Roanoke Symphony has launched a campaign to retire $250,000 in debt. The orchestra has received an anonymous grant of $100,000 to launch...

$4.3 million for tchotchkes

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An auction of mementos from his long career has netted $4.3 million for Van Cliburn, the pianist and maestro of the leading U.S. piano compe...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Review: 'Carmen'

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Lyric Opera Virginia Peter Mark conducting May 19, The Steward School “Jewel box” opera, about which Lyric Opera Virginia maestro Peter ...

Review: Chamber Music Society

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May 18, First Unitarian Universalist Church Chamber music is rarely heard today in chambers, the large-parlor- or small-ballroom-sized spa...
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Clarke Bustard
A music critic and cultural writer based in Richmond, VA, Bustard has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch since 1971. He also has contributed to Style Weekly in Richmond, Symphony and Chamber Music magazines, the webzine NewMusicBox and other publications. Bustard is a recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for music writing, as well as awards from state and national press associations.
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