1. The Bear, William Walton 2. What Next?, Elliott Carter 3. King Arthur, Henry Purcell. (Dryden musta been on FIRE that day.)Did I miss any? And no, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is not technically an opera.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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The Bodies Keep the Score
Another summer festival review for Parterre ! This time, Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies, at Lincoln Center.
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First! Everybody buy the new Kronos Quartet CD, which has liner notes by one of my favorite Gregs. The Nonesuch.com store has it on sale, ...
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Opera is an anachronism. It was an anachronism from the moment it was invented—wasn't it?—the last gasp of the neoclassical tendencies ...
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Purcell: King Arthur.
I'm certain this is what Paul Griffiths had in mind ....
Ohmygod, I really, really should've known that.
Especially after last season's Olympian performance by the Nicoll St. Chamber Opera. I don't know where they found all those horses ...
I've often wondered about that word. Now I get it. Many thanks, Dan, and to M. Croche for thinking me smarter than I am.
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