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A short shaggy song tale
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
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Christine McVie, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Shostakovich, William Grant Still
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Yo Vlad! You want to talk about “cancel culture”?
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
Posted in Fascism, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War on Ukraine
Tagged cancel culture, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Molotov, Molotov cocktail, Pravda, Putin, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky
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The effect of masks on a serious music concert
Yesterday afternoon, for the first time in more than a year and half, I went to Lincoln Center for a chamber music concert at Alice Tully Hall. Outside the hall, there was a short line where friendly Lincoln Center people … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, The Facts of Life
Tagged Alice Tully Hall, Brahms, Calidore String Quartet, chamber music, Lincoln Center, masks, Nicky Swett, pandemic masks, Puccini, Shostakovich, Webern
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