by Barry Lenson | Jan 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
On December 10th, I wrote that Alan Gilbert is the finest Music Director that the New York Philharmonic has had during the last five decades.That statement – that he is the finest – logically demands that I comment about the Music Directors who preceded him. So here I...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was listening to a classical radio station last week and found one of them again – a pretentious, affected, stuffy announcer who made classical music sound alienating and unattractive. It made me think that if I were a young person just discovering classical music...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
Looking back, I find that I have attended concerts conducted by the New York Philharmonic’s last six Music Directors. (Gulp, I must be a geezer.)Even though I only saw a small percentage of the total conducting output of each of these men (hope there’ll be a woman at...
by Barry Lenson | Jan 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I first encountered Le nozze di Figaro when I was a kid, I couldn’t make much sense of it. Characters jumped out windows, hid in closets, pretended that their feet were injured, and then to end the proceedings, they put on disguises and mistook one another’s...
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