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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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