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A Marlene Dietrich moment
Retrieved after dipping into Greil Marcus's forthcoming book Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs (Yale UP). Continue reading
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At the grave of Ernst Toch
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Street Symphony's Bach
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Worth noting
From Andrew Marantz's article “The Illiberal Order," in this week's New Yorker: There was no single moment when the democratic backsliding began in Hungary. There were no shots fired, no tanks in the streets. “Orbán doesn’t need to kill us,... Continue reading
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AMOC at Ojai
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For Mr. Baron
Martin J. Baron, the imperturbable admiral of fact-checking at The New Yorker, died today at the age of eighty-five. Mr. Baron, as he was invariably addressed, had a thirty-five-year tenure at the magazine, during which time he must have conversed,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Wagnerismi
Posted Jun 18, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Hungarian steam locomotives
Courtesy of the Avant-Garde Project. Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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The German opera system
Posted Jun 13, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Milton Babbitt moment
Slowly Expanding Milton Babbitt Album by Erik Carlson Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Nightafternight playlist
Posted Jun 3, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Wagner-Welt Bamberg
Posted Jun 1, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Anthony Davis's X, Brett Dean's Hamlet
Outsiders. The New Yorker, June 6, 2022. Continue reading
Posted May 30, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Wagner-Cosmos Dortmund
Posted May 21, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Pascal Bentoiu moment
Dozens of attempts have been made at setting Hamlet to music; few have been deemed successful. One that deserves a second look is a 1974 adaptation by the Romanian composer Pascal Bentoiu. I found myself mesmerized by his approach, though... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For Alexander Toradze
The pianist Alexander Toradze, one of the most formidable and passionate exponents of the music of Sergei Prokofiev, died on May 11 at the age of sixty-nine. I knew Lexo from several interviews over the years, and was charmed, as... Continue reading
Posted May 17, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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The South Dakota Symphony
Basin and Range. The New Yorker, May 23, 2022. Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Pulitzer for Raven Chacon
Raven Chacon's Voiceless Mass, an immensely haunting piece for organ and ensemble, has won this year's Pulitzer Prize for music. Above is a video of the premiere, performed by members of Present Music, in Milwaukee. The other finalists were Andy... Continue reading
Posted May 10, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Let your fingers do the walking
Posted May 5, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Guillermo Galindo moment
In 2012, as part of the John Cage centennial celebrations in San Francisco, the Mexican composer Guillermo Galindo collaborated with Mariachi Nueva Generación to produce a mariachi rendition of Cage's Variations II. The performance caused the audience some anxiety. I... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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Sioux Falls by night
Posted May 1, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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A Raven Chacon moment
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Posted Apr 26, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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For Radu Lupu
The arch-magus of the piano died yesterday in Lausanne, at the age of seventy-six. For me, Lupu was the supreme living practitioner of his instrument, a musician and artist of the highest order. I wrote about him many times, always... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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At the grave of Lubitsch
Posted Apr 15, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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LA Master Chorale
Pyramid of Sound. The New Yorker, April 18, 2022. Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2022 at Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
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