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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Mozart's instrumental oratorio?

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Mozart's last three symphonies form a thematically linked mega-symphony or "instrumental oratorio," Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the ...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Zimerman's angry adieu

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Before playing the last selection in an April 26 recital at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, pianist Krystian Zimerman announced that this would ...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Review: Richmond Festival of Music

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April 24, Bon Air Presbyterian Church The Richmond Festival of Music’s week-long survey of music of the 18th century neared its conclusion, ...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Award suspended

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ASCAP has put its Deems Taylor Awards for music writing on "hiatus," with no word on when or whether the annual awards will resume...

Wake-up call for collectors

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(Reader caution: Hard-core record collectors' stuff follows.) The European Parliament has approved an extension of copyright protection ...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

Premature demise

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The April 30 and May 3 concerts of the Richmond Symphony's Kicked Back Classics series have been canceled. Ticket holders are advised to...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Tweeting at the opera

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No, this isn't about going to the opera and forgetting to turn off your cell phone. It's a contest, run by the estimable mistress of...
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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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