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Music News

Symphony Plays Through Its Troubles
2008-04-13 05:40 - Like many other American arts organizations, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra fell on particularly hard times in the wake of 9/11; unlike most other institutions, it has yet to bounce back.

Music Review: Looks Like a Party, but Filled With Pain
2008-04-13 05:40 - A lot of people think Gnarls Barkley is a party band. But the songs said something else at the Highline Ballroom on Thursday night.

Opera About a Giant’s Life, Complete With Giant Puppets
2008-04-12 06:01 - Newsprint becomes art in the Met’s production of ?Satyagraha,? Philip Glass’s 1979 opera about Mohandas K. Gandhi’s years in South Africa.

Music Review: Songs Sung in a Foreign Key Reveal Themselves Anew
2008-04-12 06:01 - Paul Simon’s songs remain rich and startling, as sung by the artist himself and by singers from Africa as part of Mr. Simon’s retrospective at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Dance Review: Challenging Dancers, Young and Older
2008-04-12 06:01 - Eliot Feld’s latest piece, ?Dotty Polkas,? as seen at the at the Joyce Theater, allows his junior ballet ensemble to be their spirited, charming selves.

Music Review: From Songs East and West, a Harmonic Divergence
2008-04-12 06:01 - Chanticleer’s 13 singers were admirable in their performance of Chen Yi’s ?From the Path of Beauty? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Wednesday night.

Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Composer as Celebrity, Musician ...
2008-04-12 06:01 - Tan Dun’s Piano Concerto, which was eclectic, skillfully written and viscerally dramatic, proved to be a crowd pleaser, especially when performed by Lang Lang at Avery Fisher Hall on Wednesday.

Music Review | Nick Lowe: Regular Guy Keeping Stock of Rock Roots, Agi...
2008-04-12 06:01 - Now 59 and tall, Nick Lowe appears to have little to do with any of the phases of rock that happened around him in his youth ? British invasion, glam, folk, punk. He’s sunny, mordant and normative.

Concert Industry Is Banking on a Festive Summer
2008-04-12 05:40 - As music festivals continue to pack box office punch in a slumping economy, promoters are straining to book diverse shows in whatever open space is available.

Music Review: Less Famous Now, a Pianist Returns
2008-04-11 06:01 - Despite little fanfare, a boisterous audience filled the Blue Note to capacity when the Australian pianist David Helfgott, who was depicted in the movie ’Shine,’ returned to New York on Monday.

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