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Carl's Morning Quiz
Carl's Morning Quiz: Composer Miklos Rozsa was born in Budapest on this date in 1907. Although best known for his film scores, Rozsa's contract with MGM stipulated that he could devote three months a year to composing classical music. Among his many compositions, he wrote a violin concerto for Jascha Heifetz and a cello concerto for Janos Starker. His third and final Academy Award was for his score for a 1959 epic starring Charlton Heston. What was that film? Answer >>
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The Met Presents Arabella
Richard Strauss and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal struck gold when they put their musical and poetic heads together. The most famous, and most lucrative of their collaborative efforts was Der Rosenkavalier, which exploded into the opera world in 1911. Over a 19-year period, Strauss went back to von Hofmannsthal for libretti again and again. Arabella opened in 1933; alas the librettist died more...
Web Exclusive: Anne Akiko Meyers on the Mason Bates Concerto
Composer Mason Bates loves to tell a story—this time it's prehistoric creatures emerging from the primordial ooze in the form of a violin concerto. The genesis of the Concerto evolved over many years between two friends: the composer and violinist Anne Akiko Meyers more...
Vermeer Quartet: A Bittersweet Reunion
The four members of the Vermeer Quartet decided to hang it up in 2007, but annually return for their Holy Week tradition of performing Joseph Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ. Sadly, this year's reunion is incomplete more...
Bach on The New York Philharmonic This Week
When someone mentions Bach's Mass in B Minor, musicians tend to straighten or catch their breath; almost as if a great man has entered the room. There are so many puzzles that draw one deeper into the layers of this piece, without ever really giving up its secrets. The music is beautiful and humbling. One wonders why he wrote it more...
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Bar and Bathroom Lines, Molto Adagio
Concert-hall intermissions were not always what they are today, and some people would like to see them reconsidered.
In a series called Collected Stories, the composer David Lang curates an alluring set of programs that explore the idea of storytelling in music.
Allowing a Puritan to Marry for Love
The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Bellini’s “I Puritani” includes the Met debut of the Russian soprano Olga Peretyatko.
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