“I have yet to find a curatorial colleague who regularly beats a path to the fragrance counter in search of, say, Joy Parfum, the 1930 masterpiece by Henri Alméras for Jean Patou, which, if it were a painting, could hang beside Matisse’s nearly contemporary Yellow Odalisque in Philadelphia. And yet, the parallels between what ought to be more properly regarded as sister arts are undeniable. Artists and colourmen combine natural and, these days, synthetic pigments with media such as oils and resins, much as the perfumer carefully formulates natural and synthetic chemical compounds.”
Tag: 11.19.08
BBC1 and BBC2 TV To Stream Online
“From November 27, the channels can be viewed online via their respective sites on bbc.co.uk at the same time as they are broadcast on television. They will also be available to licence fee payers using the internet on portable devices such as mobile phones… The channels join BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News, which are already simulcast.”
U.S. News Names MTT One of ‘America’s Best Leaders’ 2008
The magazine of lists places Michael Tilson Thomas alongside the likes of Steven Spielberg, Jeff Bezos, Robert Gates and Marian Wright Edelman, praising the San Francisco Symphony music director for his tireless and innovative efforts to attract new audiences to classical music.
How Dancing Can Help You Succeed In Business, Administration, Or Just About Anything Else
Writer, administrator and former modern dancer John R. Killacky talks about how the skills dancing gave him helped with problem-solving, teamwork, spatial design, risk-taking and even recovery from spinal injury.
Could Obama’s Election Be Good for Country Music?
Wait – wasn’t much of the country music world (and its fans) behind John McCain? Sure – “The GOP and Nashville hitched themselves to each other as far back as the Nixon years.” But, says David Browne, as country ruled the charts through the years of conservative political dominance, Nashville churned out “too many Southern-adult-contemporary ballads and obnoxious power chords.” Some time in eclipse might be just what country music needs.
Pittsburgh Symphony Raises $48 Million
“The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra announced today that it has raised more than $48 million toward its goal of $80 million to increase its endowment and repair and enhance Heinz Hall.”
China Launches First Contemporary Ballet Company
The Beijing Contemporary Dance Theater, China’s first modern dance troupe, gives its inaugural performances next month. The company’s founder and director, 35-year-old choreographer Wang Yuanyuan, is a frequent collaborator of star filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
Danail Rachev To Eugene Symphony
The 38-year-old Bulgarian maestro Danail Rachev, currently assistant conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, will succeed Giancarlo Guerrero as music director of the Eugene (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra as of next season. Other predecessors in the job include Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Marin Alsop.
Well, It’s One Way To Get Into A Sold-Out Concert
Adriano Graziano rang up Welsh National Opera looking for a last-minute ticket to a gala concert. The response from the man on the phone: “You’re a tenor, aren’t you? I don’t suppose you are free tonight? Our tenor is ill.”
Clive Barnes, 81
“Clive Barnes, who as a critic in Britain and later for The New York Times helped bring dance to a broad audience with an exuberant, highly personal style in his reviews, died early this morning… His death, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, was caused by complications of cancer.”