Campus Concerts Rebuff Notion Of Classical Decline
Raymond Sokolov
Reports of the death of classical music ring out with the regularity of noon on a grandfather clock. Don't worry: the safest haven for serious music in America is on campus, and this is no ivory-towered phenomenon.Suddenly Schubert Is The Song On Everyone’s Lips
By Rodney Punt
An unusually large bounty of Schubert is to be discovered in this bicentennial year of “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” composed by the seventeen-year-old Schubert in 1814. Three wide-ranging projects focus on his influence.Did Fleming Play Fast, Loose With Anthem? You Bet
By Arthur Kaptainis
A lot of money was riding on the outcome Sunday evening. I refer, of course, to the duration of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as sung by Renée Fleming. One popular over/under betting line was two minutes, 25 seconds.Osmo Vänskä, In Job Limbo, Wields Traveling Baton
By Robert P. Commanday
SAN FRANCISCO - He was the beating heart of the Minnesota Orchestra. Vänskä's recent guest conducting appearance with the San Francisco Symphony made it clear why the Minnesota musicians love and need him. A CVNA commentary.Bassoonist LeClair Brings Back-Bench Favorite To Fore
By Gail Wein
NEW YORK - All eyes and ears will be on Judith LeClair, longtime principal bassoon of the New York Philharmonic, when she plays Mozart's Bassoon Concerto with the orchestra Jan. 16-22. This time, she has a brand new cadenza.Byrne Book Takes Stand for Music Without Borders
By Marvin J. Ward
BOOK REVIEW – How Music Works, by the legendary singer-songwriter and co-founder of Talking Heads, is analytical, frank, revelatory, and rich in food for thought regardless of one's musical preference. An updated paperback was recently released.‘Fun Home’ Shines Where Two Boys Obscures Emotion
By Heidi Waleson
NEW YORK -- Jeanine Tesori's Fun Home, currently playing at The Public Theater, isn't actually an opera. Yet it delves deep and has extraordinary emotional resonance -- in ways that Nico Muhly's Two Boys at the Met doesn't.Analysis: Deconstructing Orchestra Debacle In Minnesota
By Robert Commanday
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Orchestra lockout of the past 13 months, resulting in the cancellation of the 2012-13 season and early part of the current season, shows no signs of progress.Minnesota Cancels Carnegie Concerts, Vänskä Quits
UPDATE: Music Director Osmo Vänskä resigned today (10/1) after the Minnesota Orchestra withdrew from its Carnegie Hall concerts. In the absence of an agreement, the lockout continues.