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Claire Chase, Pauline Oliveros, and Quantum Listening in LA

December 3, 2024 | Thomas May, Musical America
LOS ANGELES—Since her death eight years ago last month, Pauline Oliveros has been proving her relevance from one crisis to the next. Global performances via Zoom of her group-based work The Tuning Meditation , perhaps the best-known of this … » Read
 

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New Chamber Music, Part II

December 2, 2024 | Clive Paget, Musical America
Violinist Rachel Lee Priday’s Fluid Dynamics is a collection of works—several newly commissioned—intended to complement videos of underwater phenomena created by Ocean scientist Georgy Manucharyan. For the visuals, which are … » Read
 

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Die Frau: High Point of the Met's Season So Far

December 2, 2024 | George Loomis, Musical America
There is a widely held (if not often proclaimed) view by those who know his operas well that Die Frau ohne Schatten ( The Woman Without a Shadow ) is Richard Strauss’s greatest opera. Its emphasis on the moral imperative of bringing … » Read
 

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A Distinctive Recital, a Distinctive Artist

November 27, 2024 | George Loomis, Musical America
At a time when pianists scurry to find new repertoire—transcriptions now seem to be especially in vogue—Sir Stephen Hough (knighted in 2022) has long been in the vanguard of offering recital audiences new musical adventures. “An … » Read
 

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At ENO, a New Elixir That Shouldn't Work but Does. Mostly.

November 26, 2024 | Mark Valencia, Musical America
LONDON—Back in the day, BBC television’s situation comedies used to announce their end credits with the legend ‘’You have been watching….’’ The creative team for ENO’s new staging of The Elixir of … » Read
 

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LA Phil's New-music Marathon: All in, All at Once

November 25, 2024 | Thomas May, Musical America
LOS ANGELES—In September, the Getty Foundation launched PST ART:  Art & Science Collide , a sweeping collaborative initiative that encompasses exhibitions and performances currently taking place across Southern California and … » Read
 

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A Stunning Dvorák 7 Highlights the Berlin Phil's NY Concerts

November 25, 2024 | George Loomis, Musical America
The Berlin Philharmonic’s three Carnegie Hall concerts (Nov. 17, 18 and 19) under its Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko—part of a U.S. tour that also included Washington, D.C., Chicago, Ann Arbor, and Boston—offered one mixed … » Read
 

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Adams Takes on Adams with the NY Philharmonic

November 20, 2024 | Christian Carey, Musical America
American composer/conductor John Adams (b. 1947), the New York Philharmonic’s 2024-’25 artistic partner, is a prolific creator who is also comfortable on the podium with a wide range of repertoire. His 20 th - and 21 st- century … » Read
 

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Mannes Opera Offers Very Mixed Double Bill

November 18, 2024 | Fred Cohn, Musical America
A recent double-bill of one-act works by the New School’s Mannes Opera attests to the bustling vitality of the contemporary artform. Billed as “opera-in-concert,” the Nov. 9 program at the School’s Tishman auditorium … » Read
 

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A Very Basic Aida in Boston

November 13, 2024 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
What’s Aida without the spectacle? For Anne Bogart, the Boston Lyric Opera’s artistic associate and theatrical director, the company’s staged concert production on Nov. 10 was an opportunity to offer “each audience member … » Read
 
 

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