On the evening of Saturday, November 25, 1882 Arthur Sullivan took his bows with William Gilbert for another great success in the pair's series of...
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On January 6, 1839 Robert Schumann wrote from Vienna to the publishing firm of Breitkopf & Hartel: Several days ago I visited Franz Schubert's...
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Few pieces in the symphonic repertory carry the chill factor of the Sibelius Fourth. From its ominous, tritone-laced opening through the finality of...
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From May 14 through May 19, in four separate venues, the New Century Chamber Orchestra will be playing its last concert of this season, a program...
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After lunchtime on a weekday in early March, in a San Francisco church: I was privileged to attend a rehearsal of the New Century Chamber Orchestra,...
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Joseph Haydn had every reason to thank providence for his elevated position in musical life. His nearly three-decade service to the Esterházy...
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Shortly after moving to Vienna in 1781 Mozart met the clarinetist Anton Stadler (pictured in the anonymous silhouette to the left), who became a close...
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Any discussion of Carmina Burana heads inexorably towards the question of Carl Orff’s ties to the Third Reich. With that question comes the...
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The onset of spring is heralded by all three concert halls at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music hosting a stream of students presenting their...
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Now, don’t you go taking the article’s title personally; I don’t mean you. The title refers to the song “You drunken...
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