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Deceptive Cadence
3:08 pm
Fri September 28, 2012

Gustavo Dudamel On The Magic Of Stravinsky's 'Crazy Music'

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 2:46 pm

This Sunday, a landmark composition of the 20th century will be webcast by NPR, and led by the quintessential 21st century conductor: 31-year-old Gustavo Dudamel, who will conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring). Dudamel spoke about his experience of this earthshaking piece with All Things Considered host Robert Siegel.

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Classics in Concert
11:47 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Carnegie Hall Live: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Performs 'Carmina Burana'

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Riccardo Muti so impressed composer Carl Orff with his 1980 'Carmina Burana' performance that Orff reworked some tempo and dynamic markings in the score to hew to Muti's interpretation.
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Masses of singers from the Chicago Symphony Chorus were on hand for this hefty cantata, with its 24 medieval texts centered on love, drinking and gambling.
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The gala performance was greeted with rapturous applause before patrons adjourned for a celebratory dinner.
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Young singers from the Chicago Children's Choir, directed by Josephine Lee, traveled to New York to take part in this performance.
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Orff's cantata calls for an enormous corralling of forces: orchestra, adult chorus, children's chorus and three vocal soloists.
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An excited audience poured into the lobby for this performance that opened the Carnegie Hall season.
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Riccardo Muti so impressed composer Carl Orff with his 1980 'Carmina Burana' performance that Orff reworked some tempo and dynamic markings in the score to hew to Muti's interpretation.
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This was the first concert in Carnegie Hall's 2012-13 season, and was greeted with relief: little more than a week ago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's musicians were on strike in their home city.
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Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 6:52 am

Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

  • Riccardo Muti, music director and conductor

  • Rosa Feola, soprano

  • Antonio Giovannini, countertenor

  • Audun Iversen, baritone

  • Chicago Symphony Chorus (Duain Wolfe, chorus director)

  • Chicago Children's Choir (Josephine Lee, artistic director)

It is one of classical music's most resilient creatures, repeatedly set loose across concert halls, recording studios and the landscape of popular entertainment.

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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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