Tag Archives: Shostakovich

Uh oh. Re Music Choice…

Posted on September 3, 2026 by Naomi

…I can’t complain about hearing Shostakovich’s 5th symphony again today, after hearing it yesterday, but now playing is a Tchaikovsky thing, also heard yesterday. Doesn’t Music Choice realize I praised and thanked them for unknotting the tangle on 1942? Is … Continue reading →

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A short shaggy song tale

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Naomi

Thursday night I went to hear the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s place of business, now called David Geffen Hall (want your name on a building? One hundred million dollars will do the trick), was ripped up and renovated during … Continue reading →

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Yo Vlad! You want to talk about “cancel culture”?

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: Vladimir Putin complained that Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Rachmaninov were victims of cancel culture. I don’t know what what Putin thinks he’s getting at about Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Shostakovich, however, is a different matter — except what … Continue reading →

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