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Music NewsMusic Review | Ornette Coleman: Clear-Cut Case of the Blues, in a Bebo...2008-04-01 05:40 - Time and again at Town Hall Ornette Coleman tacked toward the blues. Music Review | Thomas Adès: Young, but With Enough Experience t... 2008-04-01 05:40 - It had to have been gratifying to the directors of Carnegie Hall that the Making Music program featuring the British composer Thomas Adès sold out Zankel Hall. Music Review: Hip-Hop Assurance, R&B Suffering 2008-03-31 06:01 - Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige have collaborated on each other’s songs, and now they are sharing the Heart of the City tour, which came to Nassau Coliseum on Thursday night and reaches Madison Square Garden in May. Music: R.E.M. Tries Picking Up the Pace 2008-03-31 06:01 - R.E.M.’s new album ?Accelerate? is a very deliberate response to an internal crisis that Michael Stipe, the group’s singer, described as major. Playlist: The Sounds of Senegal, Atlanta and Two Alto Saxophones 2008-03-31 05:40 - Releases by Orchestra Baobab, OutKast, Tony Trischka, Jaleel Shaw, Will Vinson and Evangelista. Music: For Star Singers, a Worthy Partner 2008-03-31 05:40 - The song recital seems to be enjoying a golden age, driven to a great extent by accompanists who are interpreters and virtuosos in their own right. Music: The Power of a Russian Birthright 2008-03-31 05:40 - The burnished voice, charisma and dashing physique of the Siberian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky make it easy to understand why he has been in demand. Music Review | Metropolitan Opera: A ?Tristan und Isolde? Well Worth t... 2008-03-30 06:01 - On Friday, the acclaimed Wagnerians Ben Heppner and Deborah Voigt seemed to feed on each other’s intensity and determination. Music Review: Playing the Odds as a Way of Life 2008-03-30 06:01 - A revival of Prokofiev’s ?The Gambler? opened on Thursday night at the Metropolitan Opera, with Valery Gergiev conducting a blazing performance. Music Review: A Conductor Steps in, With Big Shoes to Fill 2008-03-30 06:01 - On Thursday at Avery Fisher Hall, Michael Christie took on Elgar’s Violin Concerto, the Copland Third Symphony and a big-time symphony orchestra sitting in front of him. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 |
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