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For Larry Kramer
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The Met and Bang on a Can marathons
Intermission. The New Yorker, May 25, 2020. Continue reading
Posted May 18, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Igor Levit
The Fearless Pianist. The New Yorker, May 18, 2020. Continue reading
Posted May 12, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Archives of the new
Posted May 6, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Víkingur Ólafsson, Liza Lim
Rally of the Birds. The New Yorker, May 4, 2020. Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Yours in Brahms
Posted Apr 17, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki, who died on March 29th at the age of eighty-six, was a composer who made a huge impact on me when I first heard his classic pieces of the sixties and early seventies. Alas, I found the vast... Continue reading
Posted Apr 1, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Yuval Sharon's Sweet Land
Posted Mar 30, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Video of the day: Toronto's Appalachian Spring
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Posted Mar 26, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Bayreuth in Milwaukee
Posted Mar 24, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Kate Soper's unwritten operas
Nothing on the spring schedule had whetted my anticipation more than Kate Soper's The Romance of the Rose, which was to have had its premiere at Peak Performances on April 2. It has been postponed, along with everything else. Soper... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Video of the day: Hannigan sings Nono
In a video from the Gothenburg Symphony, Barbara Hannigan sings Luigi Nono's Djamila Boupacha, written in honor of the young Algerian militant who was tortured and raped by French forces in 1960. That piece is also the first item on... Continue reading
Posted Mar 21, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Deepening crisis
As the coronavirus shutdown continues, organizations in the classical-music world are now beginning to carry out temporary layoffs or furloughs of their musicians and staff. Last night I heard from the president of the Oregon Symphony that the orchestra was... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Buy music, don't just stream it (playlist)
Posted Mar 18, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Dutchman and Agrippina at the Met
Phantom Vessel. The New Yorker, March 23, 2020. Continue reading
Posted Mar 16, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Music during a pandemic
Coronavirus Concerts, on the New Yorker website, March 14, 2020. Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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COVID-19 live streams
As musical organizations shut down regular activity because of the coronavirus pandemic, a number of groups are offering video streams of concerts without audience. Here is a selection. May 28 7pm ET: ICE, in league with the Library of Congress... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For Mom
Posted Mar 9, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Émigré postscript
Posted Mar 9, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Weimar in LA
Strange Interlude. The New Yorker, March 16, 2020. Continue reading
Posted Mar 9, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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The Los Angeles exiles
Posted Mar 2, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Nightafternight playlist
Posted Feb 20, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For Reinbert de Leeuw
The great Dutch conductor, composer, and pianist died today at the age of eighty-one. His contributions to the promotion of new and unsung music were vast: Andriessen, Ustvolskaya, Kurtág, Ligeti, Gubaidulina, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Claude Vivier, Mauricio Kagel, and on... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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My Bloody Alban Berg Valentine
"Here the incomprehensible, immeausurable sorrow that burns my soul can find release." — Altenberg Lieder Previously: An Alban Berg Valentine, Another Alban Berg Valentine, Yet Another Alban Berg Valentine, Return of Alban Berg Valentine, Nothing says forever like an Alban... Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Honeck in Pittsburgh
The Close Read. The New Yorker, Feb. 10, 2020. Previously: Jansons in Pittsburgh, Oct. 9, 2000. Continue reading
Posted Feb 3, 2020 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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