Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Bruckner: Turning the Corner

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 3 in d-minor German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Riccardo Chailly It is possible that my friend, with whom I am und...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Bruckner: The Safe Symphony

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 2 in c-minor   Royal Concertgebow Orchestra Amsterdam Ricardo Chailly If we had to nickname Bruckner’s Second Sy...
Saturday, December 5, 2020

Bruckner: The Boring Symphony

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 1 in c-minor German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Riccardo Chailly Bruckner composed the first of the symphonies he ...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

A Symphony of Contrasts

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Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 0 (“Nullte”) in d-minor   German Symphony Orchestra Berlin Riccardo Chailly   Bruckner’s Symphony 0 ...
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

A morsel of carrot on the tip of a conductor's baton

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National Symphony Orchestra's performance of Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony last Saturday was not bad. On the contrary, it was ex...
Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Roasted Carrot and Chickpea Salad with Chiles, Cumin and Dill

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Carrots and cumin are a classic combination, I was tired of seeing an old can of chickpeas every time I opened the cupboard, and I happened ...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Royal Philharmonic at the GMU Center for the Arts

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Some soloists, conductors, and perhaps even entire orchestras just aren't cut out for performing music written in certain styles or per...
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