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Deceptive Cadence
2:09 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

How Do You Handle Loneliness On The Road?

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In her latest video message, opera star Joyce DiDonato ponders the art of loneliness on the road.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas

Originally published on Thu April 18, 2013 2:30 pm

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Deceptive Cadence
2:09 pm
Wed April 17, 2013

The Conductor Who Gained Power By Giving It Up

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Colin Davis found power in humility later in his career — and one astonished music journalist.
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Music Documentaries
9:13 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Morton Subotnick And Joan La Barbara On Q2 Music's 'Spaces'

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Morton Subotnick in his studio.
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By Hannis Brown

Originally published on Wed April 17, 2013 9:45 am

It's difficult to overstate Morton Subotnick and Joan La Barbara's contributions to contemporary music.

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Classics in Concert
2:43 pm
Tue April 16, 2013

Carnegie Hall Live: Dresden Staatskapelle Plays Bruckner

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The Dresden Staatskapelle's principal conductor, Christian Thielemann, asserts that Anton Bruckner's music, in its long-winding search for beauty, is the perfect antidote for modern life. He and the orchestra brought Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 to Carnegie Hall on April 19, 2013.
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Conductor Christian Thielemann performed the massive, 80-minute work without a score.
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A close-up view of Bruckner's densely knitted music.
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Bruckner's majestic score calls for an incredible array of instruments, including three harps, contrabass tuba and four Wagner tubas.
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The Dresden Staatskapelle's principal conductor, Christian Thielemann, asserts that Anton Bruckner's music, in its long-winding search for beauty, is the perfect antidote for modern life. He and the orchestra brought Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 to Carnegie Hall on April 19, 2013.
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Thielemann and the Dresden musicians acknowledge the audience's enthusiastic applause at evening's end.
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The Dresden Staatskapelle, founded in 1548, dedicated this Carnegie Hall concert to the memory of their late conductor laureate, Sir Colin Davis, who passed away on April 14.
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Conductor Christian Thielemann will lead the Dresden Staatskapelle in the majestic Symphony No. 8 by Anton Bruckner at Carnegie Hall.
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Originally published on Mon April 29, 2013 12:33 pm

Anton Bruckner divides audiences. For admirers, his sprawling, stately symphonies — with their great pauses and timeless repetitions — represent the summit of the 19th-century Viennese symphonic tradition. For skeptics, the symphonies are exercises in lumpy piety, plagued with bombastic sonorities and numbingly long-winded development sections.

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