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Music NewsMusic Review | Ursula Oppens: Capturing Dream States and Unraveling Kn...2008-01-29 06:01 - Ms. Oppens devoted her recital to Elliott Carter’s complete solo piano music. Music Review | Making Music: Pierre Boulez: Revisiting the Works of a ... 2008-01-29 06:01 - ?Le Marteau Sans Maître? (?The Hammer With No Master?) was performed by the dynamic, young Lucerne Festival Academy Ensemble during this concert dedicated to Pierre Boulez’s music. Music Review | ’Scenes of Gypsy Life’: When an Innocent Turns Aggresso... 2008-01-29 06:01 - A wall was the main feature of a simple, atmospheric set designed for ?Scenes of Gypsy Life (A Cautionary Tale Featuring Music of Janacek and Dvorak),? a double bill conceived for the Morgan Library. Music Review: A Brutal Cossack Hero Strides Into Brooklyn 2008-01-29 06:01 - Perhaps nervousness accounted for some of the shakiness of the Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theater of Perm’s performance on Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Music Review: Locating Love Between Silly and Serious 2008-01-29 06:01 - ?A Modern Person’s Guide to Hooking Up and Breaking Up? offered a quirky survey that dealt with the awkwardness, pain, lust and perversity of interpersonal affairs. Music Review: For Schubert, a Sad Tale Was the Best for Winter 2008-01-29 06:01 - The latest in this long line of winter journeyers is a British tenor, Mark Padmore, who sang Schubert’s song cycle at Weill Recital Hall on Tuesday night with the pianist Ethan Iverson. Music Review: Prog-Rock, Punk Fury, Psychedelic Euphoria 2008-01-29 06:01 - Tens of thousands of notes hurtled by during the Mars Volta’s nearly nonstop two-and-a-half-hour set at Terminal 5 on Monday night. Music: In an Eclectic Concert Series, a Meeting of Rock and Classical ... 2008-01-29 06:01 - On Wednesday and Thursday the innovative, genre-mixing Wordless Music series will present the first American performance of ?Popcorn Superhet Receiver,? by Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead’s lead guitarist. Music Review: A Pianist Plays Middleman for Two Composers Who Spoke in... 2008-01-29 06:01 - Listeners could forget about thematic unity at Radu Lupu’s Carnegie Hall recital on Monday night. Madrid Journal: Many Voices Chime In on Spain’s Anthem Lyrics 2008-01-29 06:01 - The Spanish Olympic Committee has announced the winner of a contest to pen the lyrics for the Spanish national anthem, but approval from Parliament might be hard to receive. 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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