Dispatch
The angelic bear
When the conductor took the stage at David Geffen Hall on Friday afternoon, the man in front of me…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Huge Roman villa found under popular park dubbed town’s ‘Pompeii’”Steffan…
“The eclectic Isabel Leonard,” by Jay Nordlinger
When Isabel Leonard took the stage at Carnegie Hall last night, a man near me said, “Wow.” He drew…
“From the ‘Meditations’ of Marcus Aurelius.”
Editors’ note: The following passage is excerpted from Book III of the Meditations of Marcus…
Salvaging Salieri
On January 3, 1799, seven years after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s death from natural causes, Antonio…
The Critic’s Notebook by the Editors
Nonfiction: Winter: The Story of a Season, by Val McDermid (Atlantic Monthly Press): In Scotland it…
“A good musical morning,” by Jay Nordlinger
The concertmaster came out and played an A on the piano, for the orchestra to tune. The first piece…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “Turner and Constable”Ferdinand Mount, The Times Literary…
“Onegin” comes to Haifa
The Haifa Opera opened its much-delayed season at the Haifa Auditorium with two performances of…
“Socialism is a hate crime,” by James Piereson
It is remarkable that, despite its long record of failure, socialism is now more popular than ever…
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