Posts Tagged ‘carnegie’
Wednesday, March 28th, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark Three Operas Far be it for this occasional operagoer to butt heads with Peter G. Davis in a work I barely know. “What are you doing at an Italian opera performance?” he asked me in feigned horror on opening night of the Met’s revival of Verdi’s Macbeth (3/15). “I’m here for the […]
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Tags: Carlo Bergonzi, carnegie, Diana Damrau, Franz Schmidt, leon botstein, Lori Guilbeau, Mariusz, Murray Perahia, Noseda, Paganini, Peter G. Davis, Rachel Barton Pine, Sedgwick, sedgwick clark, Stephen Powell, Thomas Hampson, Wozzeck
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark Many years ago I was sitting next to the p.r. director of the Berlin Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall when a cellphone went off as Simon Rattle conducted. When the piece ended I asked him if that happened in Berlin. “Everywhere,” he said sadly. I left for vacation two days after the cellphone brouhaha at the New […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, Berlin, carnegie, Carter Brey, Clark, Herbert von Karajan, Kurt Masur, Mahler, New York, Newark, orchestra, Sedgwick, sedgwick clark, Sibelius, Simon Rattle, Sir Thomas Beecham, symphony, Tony Tommasini, Valery Gergiev
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark In their wildest dreams, the six string quartets couldn’t have asked for more. Nor could music lovers, as the Manhattan School of Music rang in the New Year with what it called the “Inaugural Robert Mann String Quartet Institute.” Yes, this is why I left Muncie, but this time my hometown friends […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, alice tully hall, avery fisher hall, Beethoven, Berg, carnegie, carnegie hall, chamber music, colin davis, Juilliard, leon botstein, Lindberg, New York Philharmonic, sedgwick clark, Stravinsky
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Thursday, May 26th, 2011
by Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. This column was prepared with the assistance of Neale Perl, President of the Washington Performing Arts Society, and Ruth Felt, President of San Francisco Performances. Both are valued longtime colleagues, to whom I am very grateful. Dear Edna: I am a pianist and have […]
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
My publisher made me do this. I’ve always been leery of blogs, from the disgusting sound of the word to the colossal self-importance of the act. Still, I admit to a good read and insight courtesy of bloggers Alex Ross and Alan Rich, and I’m sure I’d find others out there if I took the […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, alex ross, carnegie, Charles Rosen, Christian Tetzlaff, classical music, Elliott Carter, Franz Welser-Möst, Gustavo Dudamel, leonard bernstein, lincoln center, music director, philharmonic, sedgwick clark
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