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Music NewsFirst Symphonies: One Agitated, One Light2008-01-25 06:01 - The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Christoph Eschenbach, brought Leonard Bernstein’s ?Jeremiah? Symphony to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday night, surrounding it with music by Tchaikovsky. Met Opera Abandons Plan for On-Demand Telecasts 2008-01-25 05:40 - The Met said theater operators had expressed worry that the telecasts would cut into live audiences. Feisty Gods, Bored With Ambrosia, Still Get a Kick Out of the Cancan 2008-01-24 06:01 - The Bronx Opera presented an amusingly camp staging of ?Orpheus,’ directed by Royston Coppenger, at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on Saturday. Lew Spence, a Songwriter for Sinatra, Dies at 87 2008-01-24 06:01 - His best-known song was ?Nice ?n? Easy,? the title tune of a Frank Sinatra album and later a staple of Sinatra’s repertory. Mystical to Muscular: Many Styles in Play at a Keyboard Marathon 2008-01-24 05:40 - On Monday, Merkin Concert Hall offered a Grand Piano Marathon: a free concert of piano music, including contemporary works, classical scores and jazz, that began at 2 p.m. and finished at nearly 9. Lincoln Center Offers a Season of Russians, Romeos, Kafka and Woolf 2008-01-24 05:40 - Lincoln Center announced on Tuesday its 2008-9 programs under the Great Performers rubric. In Different Minor Keys, Three Formidable Pieces 2008-01-23 06:01 - For all their sophistication and invention, Brahms’s string quartets are tough love. An Opera for a Crowd Unfamiliar With Opera 2008-01-23 05:40 - ?Beauty and the Beast,? by the American composer Vittorio Giannini, provided a charming, undemanding entry point for children at the Dicapo Opera Theater on Saturday. Apocalypse, Described in Visions of Long Ago 2008-01-23 05:40 - ?Fragments for the End of Time,? the program Benjamin Bagby brought to the Music Before 1800 series at Corpus Christi Church on Sunday, concerned itself with apocalyptic visions. Songs Bouncy to Melancholy, and Back 2008-01-22 06:01 - Ms. O?Connor’s New York recital debut stressed her stylistic versatility. 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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