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Deceptive Cadence
11:05 am
Fri September 28, 2012

The Academy Of St. Martin In The Red

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By Pablo Helguera

Got an idea for a classical cartoon, or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

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Deceptive Cadence
10:37 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Orchestra Strikes, The Winter Of 'Spring For Music' And A Fertile Face For Opera

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Riccardo Muti leading the Chicago Symphony in happier times.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas
  • The biggest news of the week was the walkout at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which forced the cancellation of the first Saturday night concert of the 2012-13 season. Management and the players wrestled over players' health care contributions. How does their compensation stack up, you may ask? "The current average salary of CSO musicians, who have a base salary of $145,000, is $173,000.
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Live in Concert
10:15 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Efterklang With Wordless Music Orchestra, Live In Concert

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Efterklang performs with Wordless Music Orchestra at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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"Efterklang" translates to "remembrance" and/or "reverberation."
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Efterklang's Mads Brauer and Casper Clausen celebrate at the end of the show.
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The performance featured arrangements by composers Missy Mazzoli (Kronos Quartet, Victoire), Karsten Fundal (Under Byen, Oh Land), and Daniel Bjarnason (Sigur Ros, Mum).
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Efterklang performs with Wordless Music Orchestra at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sept. 22.
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The performance marked the American premiere of music from the band's new album Piramida.
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Inspired by a nine-day session spent gathering field recordings in the abandoned Russian mining settlement that gives the album its name — it's on an island situated between Norway and the North Pole — Piramida is full of strange and mysterious accumulated sounds.
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Guest conductor Matthew Coorey leads the sixteen-member Wordless Music Orchestra.
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For this special concert, Efterklang was also joined by Peter Broderick on piano, Katinka Fogh Vindelev on vocals, and special guest Budgie on drums.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts music events throughout the year in their concert hall and gallery spaces.
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Originally published on Thu October 4, 2012 12:00 pm

The Danish art-rock trio Efterklang took the stage with the Wordless Music Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thursday for this, the American premiere of music from the band's album Piramida.

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