Vancouver Symphony music director Bramwell Tovey, himself a Canadian opera composer, argues that COC general director Alexander Neef is deliberately neglecting a key part of his job as head of the national company.
Tag: 01.05.13
Is Good Will To All Mankind Even Possible?
Stephen T. Asma: “One of the more deeply engrained assumptions of Western liberalism is that we humans can indefinitely increase our capacity to care for others … But I’m rather doubtful. My incredulity, though, is not because people are hypocritical about their ideals or because they succumb to selfishness. The problem lies, instead, in a radical misunderstanding about the true wellsprings of ethical care, namely the emotions.”
Promoting Shakespeare As Europe’s, And Not Just England’s, Bard
“Leading British academics are seeking to persuade the European parliament to adopt Shakespeare as its European laureate in time for the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016.”
One Of The U.S.’s Biggest Movie Pirates Is Sentenced to Five Years In Prison
“Perkins and his partners illegally made separate audio and video recordings of new releases in movie theaters, synched the audio tracks with the video files, and shared the completed product online.”
It’s 2013, But Soderbergh’s Liberace Movie Is Called ‘Too Gay’ For Hollywood
“‘Nobody would make it,’ Soderbergh tells The Post. ‘We went to everybody in town. They all said it was too gay. … And this is after Brokeback Mountain, by the way, which is not as funny as this movie. I was stunned. It made no sense to any of us.'”
The Kitchen, Drying Out From Sandy, Tries To Move On To Reinvention
“What I’m trying to figure out here is, how do you create a special place where artists will want to come and hang out, and where they will happen to see things that aren’t immediately related to their own medium.”
The Internet Gives Us Our Music Now (Duh?)
“With CDs suffering double-digit declines in sales and digital albums seeing double-digit increases in 2012, the inevitable has happened. Downloads for the first time accounted for the majority of albums sold.”
Nuryev’s Legacy In The Spotlight, 20 Years After His Death
“‘He redefined the role of the male dancer,’ said ballet historian Helene Ciolkovitch. ‘He took it beyond that of simple support, creating a more balanced partnership with the ballerina.'”
Adult Storytime, At The Gallery
“There was little chance for adults to engage in group reading without some sort of self-improving literary discussion at the end of it, or a nagging sense that one should really be buying the author’s newest work as part of an unspoken commercial transaction.”
How Is SFJAZZ Center Actually Happening?
“At 35,000 square feet, the center is the first free-standing hall of its kind built exclusively for jazz, and its debut comes at a time when presenting live music — and jazz in particular — could be considered a risky proposition.”