In today’s eclectically-aural world, rarely is a reviewer afforded the opportunity to rectify the misguided judgments of music’s past. Indeed,..
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It has been 81 years since the premiere of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. The opera’s then-controversial cast of classically trained..
The debate between absolute and programmatic music has been a point of contention for several centuries. Much of the classical..
Confronted with the title “A Space Odyssey,” memories of HAL 9000’s all-knowing red gaze and my own childlike wonder for..
Marcel Proust, his memory kindled by a simple madeleine cookie, characterizes my musical experience best: the slightest stimulation of the..
One World Symphony's "Defiant:" An Orchestra Resists
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Alarm Will Sound Hits the Road with "Sun Dogs" Films-in-Concert
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ListN Up Playlist: Armond Dorsey (November 21, 2024)
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For Teddy Abrams, Leading an Orchestra is a Musical and a Civic Responsibility
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Doug Aitken’s Multisensory Exploration of Time Premieres at LA Phil’s Noon to Midnight
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