“For devoted fans of the proms, which have often offered important new works as well as standard repertory in starry performances, the station’s series is likely to be frustrating. … It is broadcasting only eight full concerts.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
In Love WIth Carnegie Hall, And Preserving Its Past With Passion
“‘Let me ask you something. How many conductors have there been at Carnegie?’ Four thousand, maybe five, Mr. Francesconi guessed. ‘And how many historians have there been?’ the teacher persisted. ‘I said “none,” and my teacher said, “Well, think about that.”‘”
Gabriel Kahane Reaches Back To The W.P.A. (Too Bad, Alaska And Hawaii)
“The piece is a travelogue geographically and historically, moving fluidly from the early explorers to the striking farm workers of the Depression, tying mythic past to political reality in the same manner as the original American Guides.”
Ira Glass Can’t Dance, But His People Can
“‘How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Nepotism!’ Glass joked. ‘We had 10 minutes on a program with Patti Smith and Philip Glass and Tibetan monks. I have to say we killed.'”
What Original Content Should Amazon Create? You Decide
“Call it the ‘American Idol’-ization of entertainment programming, but Amazon is letting the people be their own programming execs by putting 14 pilot episodes on its website and then letting the audience choose which should move forward.”
The Cult of Authenticity (And Its Attendant B.S.)
“More often than not, peasant food is labelled authentic food. Even the most passing familiarity with what most poor people eat will demonstrate that people’s diets improve as their disposable income increases.”
Rising Tide Of Art (Finally) Lifts Prices For Women’s Work
“‘Remember “plastics” from ‘”The Graduate”? It should be “women,”‘ says Tony Podesta, the Washington lobbyist who is one of a handful of collectors aggressively buying work by women artists.”
Thoreau Influences The Study Of Climate Change (But Not How You’d Think)
“Thoreau recorded the exact blooming and leafing-out dates of several hundred flowers, shrubs and trees in the Concord area, compiling charts and lists so meticulous that Primack and his associates … have been able to compare them with present-Âday observations at the same location.”
The Right Chair For The Play – Or No Chair At All
“A bigger problem is our willingness to leave work ‘unfinished,’ to leave edges rough not by choice and design but because time or money ran out, and to later offer the explanation that we would have of course done better, had we had more of this resource or that crew.”
What Does Brünnhilde Do On Her Day Off?
Deborah Voigt: “I’m constantly needing to brush up on things, learn new repertory. I’m also in the process of trying to put together a cabaret act, so I’m being sent music to look at for that.”