July 25, 2008
Tim Smith
Music
Musical rules were made to be broken at An die Musik event
July 22, 2008
Music history is filled with composers who methodically followed the rules - this chord can't follow that chord, this type of theme must be balanced by that type of theme, this structure must be built only that way.
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'Gondoliers' sets sail
July 15, 2008
Light entertainment and a heavy heat/humidity quotient somehow go together perfectly. In one of Baltimore's more charming summer traditions, the Young Victorian Theatre Company makes that point each year with the help of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. The work chosen for the troupe's 38th season is as welcome for its relative novelty as for the general quality and flair of the presentation.
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NSO's Slatkin sendoff: lively and upbeat
July 1, 2008
Leonard Slatkin bowed out in trademark style Sunday night, ending his 12-year tenure as music director of the National Symphony Orchestra with an entertaining program that reflected his wide-ranging tastes and skills.
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Joan Tower: a first among women
June 17, 2008
Joan Tower has run into a string of bad luck recently, which is unusual for her. She's the remarkably successful composer whose distinctions include the $200,000 Grawemeyer Award in Composition in 1990 (the first woman to receive that honor), and a Grammy this year for Best Classical Contemporary Composition - Made in America, on a Naxos recording that also took Grammys for Best Classical Album and Best Orchestral Performance.
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Hear 'Messiah,' watch 'Messiah' or sing it yourself
November 27, 2007
It's Messiah time again, when choral groups large and small tackle Handel's stirring oratorio. Looking around at this year's many performances, some offer extra points of interest.
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