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The Virginia Classical Music Blog

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

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Monday, December 16, 2013

'Pain without end!'

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After attending a performance of “Siegfried” in 1989, I decided that this third chapter in Wagner’s “Ring” cycle was the most unendurable op...
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Castleton Festival 2014

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The 2014 Castleton Festival, staged by conductor Lorin Maazel and his wife, Dietlinde Turban Maazel, at their home in Rappahannock County, w...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Which figure is harder to believe?

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The parent entity of the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestral Association, which locked out the orchestra’s musicians in October 20...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Petersburg Symphony in money crisis

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The Petersburg Symphony has dipped into an emergency reserve fund to continue operations. Its budget has plunged since the Internal Revenue ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Music studies

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* Researchers Adrian Hille and Jürgen Schupp, of the German Institute for Economic Research, find that “adolescents with music training have...

A season for classics, in self-defense

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Slate’s Chris Klimek reports, alarmingly, that the Robertson clan of “Duck Dynasty” has put out a Christmas album, and otherwise bemoans the...
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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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