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Wednesday Feb 8 | NorthJersey.com

Music makes the world go around

According to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "music is the universal language of mankind." Today, socially correct people would refer to humans, not mankind, but that doesn't change the basic concept.

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Related Topix: Classical, Benny Goodman, Jazz, Opinion

Wednesday Feb 8 | Cynsations

Author Interview: Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner Susan Goldman Rubin on Music Was IT

By Cynthia Leitich Smith for Cynsations Susan Goldman Rubin is the author of Music Was IT: Young Leonard Bernstein , the Sydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category.

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Related Topix: Bernstein, Classical, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Leonard Bernstein, Oberlin College

Tue Feb 07, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

Alan Gilbert and NY Philharmonic Release New Album of Haydn, and More

" Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic : 201112 Season" includes twelve live recordings of performances conducted by the music director, two of which feature guest conductors reflects the passion and curiosity that marks the Orchestra today.

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Related Topix: Classical

Arts Journal

Philharmonic clarification

Turns out that the empty branding of Alan Gilbert - as a New Yorker, when nothing much about him or the New York Philharmonic says "New York" - wasn't the Philharmonic's doing.

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Related Topix: New York, Classical, New York Government, Credit Suisse Asset Mnagement Income Fund, Financial Services

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Arts Journal

Empty branding

The New York Philharmonic supports WNYC, New York's public radio station. And so they get little quasi-commercials sprinkled into the station's shows.

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Related Topix: Classical, New York, New York Government, Arts, Symphony

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Los Angeles Times

Violinist Lukas Kmit stylishly answers ringing cellphone problem

The cellphone heard round the world seemed to be the one that rang inside Avery Fisher Hall a few weeks ago during a concert by the New York Philharmonic when conductor Alan Gilbert stopped a performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony over a ringing iPhone.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts, iPhone

Wall Street Journal

Jean-Yves Thibaudet: A Classicist in the Modern Age

French pianists long ago patented jeu perle - the technique of caressing strings of musical notes into shimmering pearls of sound.

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Related Topix: Classical, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Alexandre Desplat

EDGE

New York Philharmonic: Beethoven, Ravel and Stravinksy

Playing a second-tier work by Stravinsky in between two of the best pieces by Beethoven and Ravel is like posing Roseanne Barr for a photograph in which she is flanked by Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron.

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Related Topix: Classical

Mon Jan 30, 2012

Herald Star Online

Jeanne Finton

She was born May 1, 1933 in McKeesport, Pa., the daughter of the late Clarence S. and Lula Dodds Blend.

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Related Topix: McKeesport, PA, Classical, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Philadelphia, Hard-Rock, Meadville, PA

Sun Jan 29, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

NY Philharmonic Musicians and Management Reach Contract Agreement European Tour Begins 22

As a result of negotiations facilitated by a federal mediator, the New York Philharmonic and its management have agreed on a new two-year contract.

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Related Topix: Classical, World News, Germany

Times Herald-Record

NY Philharmonic coming to Bethel

The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts announced Thursday that the New York Philharmonic will make its annual pilgrimage to Bethel on July 7. Part three of that series comes July 14 with the Duprees; Jay Siegel and the Tokens; the Marcels; the Tymes; the Excellents; Linda Jansen ; and the Elegants.

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri Jan 27, 2012

National Public Radio

Around The Classical Internet: January 27, 2012

New York's Columbus Avenue isn't exactly the mean streets - but Chinese conductor Long Yu might not think so anymore.

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Related Topix: Classical, Europe, Finland, World News, Symphony, Arts, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, Opera

Thu Jan 26, 2012

BroadwayWorld.com

New York Philharmonic to Feature Frank Loesser Tribute in March

The New York Philharmonic will present Anywhere I Wander: The Frank Loesser Songbook, a celebration of the late legendary Broadway composer of Where's Charley?, Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, Greenwillow, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Monday, March 26, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. Directed and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Jazz, Frank Loesser, Classical, Comedy Movies, Where's Charley, Musical Movies, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Robert Morse, Arts, Musical Theater

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Lei Liang will return to San Diego for the West Coast premiere of "Verge." Howard Lipin - U-T

UC San Diego composer Lei Liang has been on leave since August, in residence at the American Academy in Rome , but he'll be back when Steven Schick conducts the West Coast premiere of "Verge." Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, it was first performed in 2009 as part of the Philharmonic's new music series, CONTACT! It's written for string ... (more)

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Related Topix: UC San Diego, Classical

CBS Local

Through The Lens: Crowley Honors Choir

When you think of Carnegie Hall names like Leonard Bernstein, Tchaikovsky, and the New York Philharmonic.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Music!, Carnegie Hall, Classical

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Queerty

Violinist Shows World How To Deal With Annoying Ringtone Interruptions

From Hugh Jackman chewing out a boz o during a 2008 performance of A Steady Rain to New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert stopping the orchestra in the middle of Mahler's Ninth Symphony just this month, every performer has his or her own way of reacting to inconsiderate asshats who don't turn off their phones before a performance.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts

New York Magazine

Conductor Throws a Punch Before Philharmonic Performance

Ahead of his Chinese New Year's concert at the New York Philharmonic, visiting conductor Long Yu brushed off a man on the street who was asking for a cigarette.

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Related Topix: Classical

WGBH

In Concert: Lang Lang and the New York Philharmonic

One of China's most prominent musicians and the New York Philharmonic celebrate the Year of the Dragon.

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Related Topix: Classical, Lang Lang, Arts, Symphony

Bloomberg

Scene Last Night: Wilbur Ross, Kenneth Buckfire, Henry Cornell, Gary Parr

Gillian Miniter, active in the Central Park Conservancy, Karen LeFrak, an author and New York Philharmonic board member, and Hilary Geary Ross, author of "New York New York," a book of photographs by Harry Benson.

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Related Topix: Classical, Goldman Sachs, Financial Services, Investment Services, Insurance, American International Group

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Bangkok Post

Another version the three Bs

In a note accompanying this recording, conductor Alan Gilbert refers to the programme as "our version of The Three Bs" _ with Berg replacing Beethoven _ and describes it as a "serious" and "sad". It spans three centuries and encompasses music dissimilar enough in style to make it challenging to the audience, whose ears will have to do quite a lot ... (more)

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Related Topix: Classical, Berg, Symphony, Arts

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