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Category: music
The Official Music Of China? Kenny G
For years the tune, in all its seductive woodwind glory, has been a staple of Chinese society. Every day, “Going Home” is piped into shopping malls, schools, train stations and fitness centers as a signal to the public that it is time, indeed, to go home.
The Music Director Of Britain’s Royal Opera: This Elitist Label Is Bullshit
“Opera is so visceral, so emotional – and so incredibly thrilling when it’s good.”
A Wonderful, Almost Ideal Music Festival Dies For Lack Of Funds
“Spring for Music operated on the enlightened premise that audiences and artists alike should pay a little less attention to how orchestras play and more on what they play, and why they play it.”
Finding New-To-Us Music In The Age Of Pandora And Spotify
“What would I do now, if while listening to, say, the ‘Aaron Copland’ channel on Pandora, Ives came up in the rotation? Would I really have the patience to listen to his heartbreaking and dissonant piece ‘The Unanswered Question,’ a suite whose whole point is to make a listener feel uneasy?”
What’s It Like To Be Second In Command At The Met?
“One of the most important people in opera you’ve never heard of,” Sarah Billinghurst “is responsible for strategic decisions about the company’s repertory, watching out for artists at competitions and rival houses and producing more than two dozen operas a season: finding directors, filling roles major and minor, coordinating rehearsals.”
What Eurovision Means To (And For) The World
“Framed as a sort of cross between the Olympics and a battle of the bands, part of what makes Eurovision so different is the way its entries play with ideas about national pride (and sometimes international shame). On top of the free-wheeling approach to performer nationality that can give Celine Dion to Switzerland, language requirements for the contest mean that a country can sing (and lose, miserably) in an entirely non-native language.”
The Green Bay Symphony Appreciates Your Support, But It’s Still Quitting Time
“We appreciate the level of concern and support that has been shown by all those folks, but we’ve watched all the posts. There’s nothing new that isn’t something we haven’t done, tried or at least thought about in any way shape or form.”
Here’s Why Opera Matters?
“Opera is important because it is totally unfeasible. In its lack of deference to economic realities, it signifies that at least not all art can be commodified or rationalised. In scale and cost it is the most excessive of all art forms, and in the totality of its artistic claims, is the most ambitious.”
It’s Looking Like A Record Summer Of Music Festivals
“Thanks to canny high-tech marketing tactics, smarter pricing and a strong crop of young bands, live music is booming: Stadium tours are back in style, new music festivals are popping up like dandelions, and established megafestivals are bursting at the seams.”