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Music NewsThe Reconquest of America by a Swedish Pop Royal2008-02-08 05:40 - At the Highline Ballroom on Tuesday night Robyn was greeted as a conquering hero. And she performed like one too. Meditation on the Man Who Saved the Beatles 2008-02-08 05:40 - But whatever other powers transcendental meditation had, under its influence the Beatles wrote like demons. Basking in the Sun Though Wary of a Storm 2008-02-07 06:01 - In the three years since Sheryl Crow released ’Wildflower’ she has changed everything from her residence to her commercial expectations. Stanzas of Sin With a 21st-Century Spin 2008-02-07 06:01 - The Clerks? Group, a British vocal ensemble specializing in early music, offered an updated version of ’The Roman de Fauvel? with colorful, witty poems by Ian Duhig, on Sunday. That Gypsy Girl: She Is and Always Will Be Trouble 2008-02-07 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. From Amsterdam Players, 3 Concerts of Classical Music’s Greatest Hits 2008-02-07 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. A Long-Term Tenant Takes Top Billing 2008-02-07 05:40 - Expanding its Monday-night residency to a full headlining engagement, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is toasting its own legacy. When Histrionics Undermine the Music and the Pianist 2008-02-07 05:40 - Another reason classical music is not reaching more young people: not because of how it sounds, but because of how it looks. Lively Collaboration Evokes Mozart’s Spirit 2008-02-06 06:01 - Nikolaj Znaider’s richly glowing, smoothly honeyed sound is no doubt enhanced by his Guarneri del Gesù violin. In Single File, Berio’s Menagerie on Parade 2008-02-06 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 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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