Posts Tagged ‘Samuel Barber’

Is there an artist in the house?

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

By: Frank Cadenhead Two New York nights, back to back. Two examples of the continuous search for the enchantment, the profoundity, the glory of art. Who is an artist? How do you earn the title? Whether you work with an iPad, a pencil, a brush, a chisel, a baton, a clarinet, your voice or your [...]

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Keeping the Faith in Lucerne

Friday, September 7th, 2012

By Rebecca Schmid Reconnecting the spiritual with classical music might seem a controversial issue in an era of cultural pluralism, yet the hunger to unearth the spiritual has seeped into some of Europe´s leading festivals. As Jim Oestreich reported earlier this season in The New York Times, a wave of religiosity has spread from Lincoln [...]

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