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California Festival
Pacific Modern. The New Yorker, Dec. 11, 2023. Continue reading
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Zürcher Schneetag
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Am Bodensee
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A Jonah Haven moment
From Haven's debut CD on Wergo. Continue reading
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A Friedrich Hollaender moment
Hollaender's scalding satire of antisemitism appeared in his Spuk in der Villa Stern revue of 1931. The lyrics are here, though they lose bite in translation. My attempt at one verse: If the telephone is busy, If the bathtub's sprung... Continue reading
Posted Nov 25, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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An Alkan moment
This is equally a Mark Viner moment. Continue reading
Posted Nov 24, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Raven Chacon moment
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Posted Nov 23, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Dike Newlin at 100
The astonishing life of Dika Newlin, who would have been one hundred today, can hardly be summarized in a couple of sentences. Some years back, Donna Arnold wrote a wonderful piece about her for NewMusicBox. Continue reading
Posted Nov 22, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Georges Lentz moment
Lentz's Violin Concerto, “…to beam in distant heavens…,” had its première at the Sydney Symphony in April, with Umberto Clerici conducting and Arabella Steinbacher undertaking the monumental solo part. In other Lentz news, the Cobar Sound Chapel is now up... Continue reading
Posted Nov 21, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Bookshelf
Posted Nov 21, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For David Del Tredici
Gaunt in gloom, The pale stars their torches, Enshrouded, wave. Ghostfires from heaven's far verges faint illume, Arches on soaring arches, Night's sindark nave... James Joyce, "Night Piece" Continue reading
Posted Nov 18, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Slonimsky meets Johnny Carson
I interviewed the sublime Slonimsky two years later, for my college radio show. He reminisced about the day in 1917 when someone told him some kind of revolution was happening in the streets of Petrograd. He went outside, walked around,... Continue reading
Posted Nov 17, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Toscanini, Iturbi, and me
See also Henry Koster's Music for Millions (1944). Continue reading
Posted Nov 16, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Nightafternight playlist
Posted Nov 15, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Wagner in San Diego
Posted Nov 13, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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The East German oboe underground
Wild Reeds. The New Yorker, Nov. 20, 2023. Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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New hatefulness from Spotify
Last year I wrote that Spotify's royalty system is "as perfect an embodiment of the winner-takes-all neoliberal economy as has yet been devised." Perfection, it turns out, can always be improved, as Damon Krukowski reports: "Starting in 2024 (less than... Continue reading
Posted Nov 8, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Paul Dessau moment
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Posted Nov 8, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Sciarrino moment
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Posted Nov 5, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Friedrich Goldmann moment
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Posted Nov 1, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Happy Hallowe'en
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Posted Oct 31, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 moment
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Posted Oct 30, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Sasha Frere-Jones's Earlier
Posted Oct 26, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Dylanism
Posted Oct 24, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Madama Butterfly in Detroit
Reorienting Butterfly. The New Yorker, Oct. 30, 2023. Continue reading
Posted Oct 23, 2023 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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