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King of the High C’s
We are hearing some of the finest performances of Rossini’s music today since the music was first performed almost 200 years ago.
How to Listen to Classical Music -- Without Baggage
There's more to ice cream than vanilla (or even chocolate). And there's more to classical music than Easy Listening.
Erica Sipes and the Artful Fugue
Sipes manages -- in a few short paragraphs -- to present impressions of this form from the inside as a performer, and on the outside as a casual listener.
How to listen to classical music
Classical music isn't just for old men. Heck, it's not even just for men.
Schumann Bicentennial
June 8 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, one of the more colorful (and perhaps tortured) of the major composers. It's an excellent opportunity to reexamine his music, and perhaps rediscover some of it as well.
A Living Composer A Day
How many living composers do you know? How much music by living composers is in your collection?
Engaging Fanfares from Toronto
The Festival not only presented three new compositions to the world. It also let the world respond to them. Now that's an exciting concept.
#Operaplot 2010: The Denouement
In Memoriam: Giulietta Simionato
Simionato's death spells the end of an era of full-voiced, full-blooded Italian singing.
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