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Music NewsMusic Review: Abstruse Sounds Governed by Balance and Contrast2008-02-10 05:40 - The young guitarist Mary Halvorson orients herself around jazz, yet stands about two steps removed from it. Music Review | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam: An Orchestr... 2008-02-09 06:01 - The orchestra’s performances at Carnegie Hall this week reminded listeners that character and distinctiveness in classical music have not been obliterated entirely. James J. Fuld, Collector of Rare Music Scores, Dies at 91 2008-02-09 06:01 - James J. Fuld was a New York lawyer whose love of music inspired him to assemble one of the world’s finest collections of first editions of musical scores. Music Review: Broadway Encounters Jazz Not Far From the Actors Studio 2008-02-09 06:01 - Betty Buckley, who is appearing at Feinstein’s through Feb. 24 with a five-member band, epitomizes the singer as Method actor. Music Review: Orchestra’s Daring Mix: Bit of Bach and a Jolt of Jazz 2008-02-09 06:01 - The Riverside Symphony and its audience took over Zankel Hall on Tuesday night for a characteristically inventive program of Baroque and jazz-oriented works. Music Review: That Gypsy Girl: She Is and Always Will Be Trouble 2008-02-09 06:01 - The Metropolitan Opera’s current production of ?Carmen? offers a kind of tension: between the essential actions of the story and the gaily bustling pageantry of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1996 staging. Music Review: From Amsterdam Players, 3 Concerts of Classical Music’s ... 2008-02-09 06:01 - The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam is at Carnegie Hall this week, showing off its chief conductor and offering three concerts of classical music’s greatest hits. Music Review: In Single File, Berio’s Menagerie on Parade 2008-02-09 06:01 - The New York Philharmonic is paying a great deal of attention this season to the Italian avant-garde composer Luciano Berio, who died in 2003 Music Review: The Stubborn Voice of a Troubadour 2008-02-09 05:40 - Tom Petty, not an obvious choice for halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLII, ignored the flash and sang in the frayed but stubborn voice that suits his songs. Music Review: Exuberant Beethoven, Mild-Mannered Baroque 2008-02-09 05:40 - Being female and Chinese in the classical music business are helpful in getting yourself noticed, but careers are built ? and this one is building fast ? on substance. Xian Zhang has it. 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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