Says ICO conductor Roberto Paternostro, “I’ve conducted for more than 25 years all over the world and I’ve never seen anything like it in my life. Everybody was so emotional – and many people came from Israel for the performance.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
‘America’s Presidential Historian’ Charged With Major Document Theft
“As the self-styled ‘America’s Presidential Historian,’ Barry H. Landau was a regular network guest” and media figure. “That carefully crafted public image came crashing down this month when [he] was charged with stealing historic documents from the Maryland Historical Society that prosecutors value at $6 million.”
Wilton’s Music Hall In London Saved By Fundraising Appeal
“Wilton’s Music Hall will stay open after a public campaign raised enough money for the organisation to start the urgent repairs needed to keep the 19th-century building in working condition.”
A Day In The Life Of A (Frantically Busy) New York Rehearsal Studio
Rehearsal space has always been desperately scarce in Manhattan. So when the city opened the New 42nd Street Studios in the heart of the Broadway district, the building filled up fast.
DC’s Textile Museum Moving To GWU
“The venerable Textile Museum is moving to the campus of George Washington University … This is the first move ever in its more than 80 years for the museum, an international destination above Dupont Circle.”
Nazis As Movie Villains: The Evolution Of A Cliché
“Films use Nazis as bad guys for good reason: They were bad guys. But all too often, genocidal Germans act as cartoon crutches for storytellers looking to pit good against incontrovertible evil … [as] cover for gratuitous violence, or as shortcuts to creating a sense of persecution among the movie’s protagonists.”
The World’s Saddest Movie Scene (As Determined By Social Scientists)
On the whole, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1979 remake of the 1931 Hollywood movie The Champ didn’t get much respect. (Its Rotten Tomatoes rating is 38%.) But the film’s final scene “has become a must-see in psychology laboratories around the world when scientists want to make people sad.”
Conductor Falls To His Death During Rehearsal
The Swiss maestro Carl Robert Helg was rehearsing a gala performance at the Baden State Theater in Wiesbaden, Germany and climbed up to a lighting catwalk, ostensibly to get a better view of his massed choirs. He then fell from the bridge, sustaining fatal injuries; police are speculating that the incident may have been a suicide.
People Really Do Have Physical Responses To Art
“Art exhibits are not generally thought of as opportunities to get our pulses racing and skin tingling. But newly published research suggests aesthetic appreciation is, in fact, a full-body experience.”
The Web’s Latest Dance Video Hit Stars A Baby Hippo
“The adorable creature has become a crowd-pleasing hit at San Diego Zoo thanks to his upside-down underwater japes. The seven-month-old calf” – named Adhama – “twists and turns in his underwater home while showing off an enviable array of flips and spins.”