Monday, March 30, 2015

A window on the infinite

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Time stopped briefly yesterday at St. Katherine of Siena Church in Wayne, where the 40 voices and 30 instrumentalists of the Ama Deus Ensem...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Interview with Valentin Radu about the Mass in B Minor

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Valentin Radu will conduct the Ama Deus Ensemble in performances of the Mass in B Minor on March 29 and April 3. Herewith a link to the inte...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Carter reviews

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Here is a link to a real review of Sunday's concert. Of course, I disagree with the first person who left a comment. And here is anot...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Elliott Carter's farewell

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A musical century ended yesterday when the MET Orchestra, conducted (from a wheelchair) by James Levine, presented the first performance of...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

An occasional piece

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The background to this one is rather bizarre. The immortal Pat Robertson recently called marijuana use  slavery to vegetables  and added th...
Monday, March 2, 2015

He lived long. He prospered.

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Leonard Nimoy as Spock and Arlene Martel as T'pring in the Vulcan sex-ed episode "Amok Time." Spock's betrothed proved o...
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The Philadelphia Orchestra publishes its 2015-2016 seaon

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I rarely attend performances by the Philadelphia Orchestra anymore. Concerts are usually scheduled for Thursday and Saturday evenings and F...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Welcome to my demographic

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In the little fitness center at my apartment complex, a flat-screen TV is attached to the wall in an upper corner. It receives a large num...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

A great night of Copland, Gershwin and some other guy

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Pianist Peter Donohoe, left, and conductor Valentin Radu after the concert Friday night.  The Ama Deus Ensemble, with guest soloist Pet...
Monday, January 12, 2015

A lovely way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon

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Johannes Brahms, before his Santa Claus phase Yesterday, while the rest of America was glued to the NFL playoffs, I and about 500 other...