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Berg by the Bay
The San Franciso Symphony’s season is ending better than it started, though the conclusion is…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Saul Bellow’s Ravelstein”Matt Dinan, The Hedgehog Review When Saul Bellow’s…
“An interview with Jennifer Hofmann,” by Mark Judge
In 2020 a brilliant novel was published called The Standardization of Demoralization Procedures, by…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: Gustav Mahler, by Stephen Downes (Reaktion Books): Goethe, Wagner, Nietzsche: these are…
“Pekka, Esa-Pekka & the Philharmonic,” by M. P.…
When musical minimalism appeared in the mid-1960s, it was about process. It laid bare the grammar of…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Giotto’s ‘The Legend of St. Francis’: Assisi’s Devotional Frescoes”Zachary…
“America’s best Greek & Latin teachers,” by Joshua…
Rankings are often controversial. For example, the latest Michelin Guide considers the best two…
“A song in the dark,” by Jay Nordlinger
I end my current Music for a While with a song—the same song with which Nina Stemme ended her…
“Music after DEI,” by Don Baton
The adage that “the death of classical music is its oldest living tradition” is a cliché for a…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: The Highland Clans, by Alistair Moffat (Thames & Hudson): To Sir Walter Scott,…
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