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Friday, December 30, 2016

Radio: Habsburg Sock Hop returns

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To usher out 2016, the third annual Habsburg Sock Hop – our more expansive take on the traditional Viennese New Year’s program of Strauss w...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Mozart's many 'units'

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Decca/Deutsche Grammophon this year has sold 6,250 copies of its “Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition,” a boxed set of 200 compact discs, ...

Ancient resonance recreated

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A team of Stanford University scientists and the vocal ensemble Capella Romana recreate the sound of liturgical music in Hagia Sophia, the ...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Letter V Classical Radio this week

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A special show at a special time: Sampling some of the finest recordings of 2016 – which, as you’ll hear, turned out to be a banner year f...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

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Friday, December 23, 2016

Merry sinuses

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Katherine Needleman, onetime principal oboist of the Richmond Symphony, now principal oboist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, posts a no...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Letter V Classical Radio this week

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For Christmas, one of the greatest recordings of Handel’s “Messiah,” made in the 1990s by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and Brand...
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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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