Posts Tagged ‘philharmonic’
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
by Sedgwick Clark It’s a most improbable New York story: Broadway salutes a theater critic, of all things, by dimming its lights during prime box-office time prior to curtain. How often has that happened? No one would have been more astonished to receive this honor than its recipient, Howard Kissel, theater critic of the New […]
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Tags: Beethoven, carnegie hall, Christine Brewer, Clark, David Merrick, Eric Owens, Howard Kissel, Jeremy Geffen, John Oliver, lincoln center, Maazel, Michelle DeYoung, musical america, New York, philharmonic, Sedgwick, sedgwick clark, Sibelius, Tanglewood, Woody Allen, Zankel
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
by Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: As it is now late August and booking season is heading our way, I was wondering when you think is the best time to catch orchestra executive directors. I will be sending out materials through regular mail and e-mail. If I move […]
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Tags: american music center, artistic administrator, bit, Ed Yim, Edna Landau, John Adams, musicalamerica, New York Philharmonic, philharmonic, Steve Reich
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Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
By Alan Gilbert Those of us who were involved in preparing for last year’s production of Ligeti’s Le Grand Macabre are remembering the great excitement we all felt in this very same rehearsal room as we prepare for our upcoming performances of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen, but are also amazed at how different […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Budapest, Daniel Boico, Doug Fitch, Leipzig, Ligeti, Lisa Batiashvili, Macabre, New York, philharmonic, Sebastian Currier
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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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