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Alan's Poppies and Sage, photographed by Paul Cabanis, Spring 2010.
Monthly Archives: November 2001
The Passion According to Sofia
In 1989 a group of Soviet composers brought their music to Boston, most of it for its first American hearings. There were some familiar names among the group; music by Schnittke, Shchedrin and Kancheli had already leaked out of the … Continue reading
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Ludwig the Eternal
The Philharmonic‘s admirable chamber-music series has moved to a new home, the recently completed Ahmanson Hall at the Skirball Center, across the freeway from the former site at the University of Judaism’s Gindi Auditorium. Neither is a satisfactory venue for … Continue reading
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LONG BEACH OPERA “POWDER HER FACE”
“I go to bed early,” says Margaret, Duchess of Argyll to a gossip-columnist snoop, “and often.” That said, however, you need to know that Powder Her Face, the opera by Thomas Adès that in six years has blazed a trail … Continue reading
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Going to Bed, Early and Often
The big guys had their Verdi last week: the Music Center‘s La Traviata ending its run (not a moment too soon!) at one end of I-405; Opera Pacific’s Rigoletto starting its shorter run (in happier estate) at the other. Midway … Continue reading
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Is There Sex After Bach?
Morimur is up there on the charts, the latest implausible release from ECM, one of the few remaining labels to turn implausibility into solid musical virtue — and perhaps into a few deutschemarks along the way. The title is something … Continue reading
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Sweet Sound of Success
It‘s now 50 years since Elmer Bernstein composed his first Hollywood film score — a forgettable college-football number called Saturday’s Hero. Now pushing 80, he‘s still at it. Thus, the celebration of his work that begins tonight at the Los … Continue reading
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