“Spring for Music operated on the enlightened premise that audiences and artists alike should pay a little less attention to how orchestras play and more on what they play, and why they play it.”
Tag: 05.10.14
Finding New-To-Us Music In The Age Of Pandora And Spotify
“What would I do now, if while listening to, say, the ‘Aaron Copland’ channel on Pandora, Ives came up in the rotation? Would I really have the patience to listen to his heartbreaking and dissonant piece ‘The Unanswered Question,’ a suite whose whole point is to make a listener feel uneasy?”
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“There is no need to go to a gallery or deal with frosty gallery owners. Instead, art can be viewed, paid for and returned if it does not match expectation.”
How Is Bill DeBlasio Going To Treat The Arts In NY?
“His predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, was a major supporter of the arts and spent around $3bn on cultural projects during his 12-year tenure. After more than 100 days in office, De Blasio has made one thing clear: his approach will not resemble Bloomberg’s high-gloss, high-budget agenda.”
What’s It Like To Be Second In Command At The Met?
“One of the most important people in opera you’ve never heard of,” Sarah Billinghurst “is responsible for strategic decisions about the company’s repertory, watching out for artists at competitions and rival houses and producing more than two dozen operas a season: finding directors, filling roles major and minor, coordinating rehearsals.”
Young Dealers ‘Discover’ Artists Old Enough To Be Their Grandparents
“In some cases, dealers are rediscovering bodies of work that were considered unfashionable when they were made but are now back in style.”
When New York Lost Its Booksellers
“Here is a brief honor roll of bookshops now vanished: the Seven Gables Bookshop; House of Books Ltd.; Scribner’s; the Gotham Book Mart; the Carnegie Book Shop; Dauber & Pine; the Eberstadt Brothers; University Place Book Shop; Ursus Books; House of El Dieff; and Parnassus Books.”
What Eurovision Means To (And For) The World
“Framed as a sort of cross between the Olympics and a battle of the bands, part of what makes Eurovision so different is the way its entries play with ideas about national pride (and sometimes international shame). On top of the free-wheeling approach to performer nationality that can give Celine Dion to Switzerland, language requirements for the contest mean that a country can sing (and lose, miserably) in an entirely non-native language.”
The Green Bay Symphony Appreciates Your Support, But It’s Still Quitting Time
“We appreciate the level of concern and support that has been shown by all those folks, but we’ve watched all the posts. There’s nothing new that isn’t something we haven’t done, tried or at least thought about in any way shape or form.”