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Finishing Bach's Organ Music, With Help From 118 Composers

Finishing Bach's Organ Music, With Help From 118 Composers

A new project completes Bach's plans for his kaleidoscopic "Orgelbüchlein," with a 21st-century touch. Send a…

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Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation

Abel Selaocoe Finds a Home in Improvisation

The classically trained South African cellist draws on musical traditions from across the globe for his debut…

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Fergus McCreadie interview: "Jazz is kind of a folk music in itself"

Fergus McCreadie interview: "Jazz is kind of a folk music in itself"

The first time Fergus McCreadie made the jazz world sit up and take note was in 2018. Watching back footage o…

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Shida Shahabi on finding the right space to compose, field recordings & sampling

Shida Shahabi on finding the right space to compose, field recordings & sampling

When Shida Shahabi eventually realized that all she really wanted to do was write her own music, her aim was …

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William Herschel Is Famous for Science. What About His Music?

William Herschel Is Famous for Science. What About His Music?

The accomplished astronomer was, one historian said, "the Einstein of his time." But before he surveyed the s…

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'Pistol' Tells Steve Jones's Story. With a Touch of Showbiz.

'Pistol' Tells Steve Jones's Story. With a Touch of Showbiz.

A new limited series is based on a memoir by the Sex Pistols guitarist. Just don't confuse it with a document…

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Chasing the Ace

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In Poznań, Poland on a recent Tuesday night, the Chinese violinist Meng Zou played the second movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with a burning, overdriven tone. The outer movements featured some inconsistencies in articulation, and he didn’t fully climb into the concerto in the way many of the standout violinists do on record. Zou had made it to the semi-finals of the 17th Henry Wieniawski Violin Competition. I didn’t think he’d make it much further.
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Concerts Good, Recordings Bad

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In “The Yellow Tie,” a biopic about the Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache whose premiere I attended in London on Wednesday, things start badly and get steadily worse. We begin with old Celi (John Malkovich) discussing a future engagement with a group of Japanese record executives over lunch at his French estate. To his dismay, they have included a clause agreeing to the commercial release of his recordings. “The economics of our business is changing,” one offers.
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All Fired Up

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Here is a sample of the headlines on articles published by Cadenza.work about the turmoil at the Boston Symphony Orchestra: “Boston Is on Fire. Its Orchestras Are Dying.” “They Fired the Best Conductor in America. The Evidence Points to Ideology.” “Fire Chad Smith. The Memo Is the Confession. The Orchestra Needs to Fight Back.” To continue reading, subscribe now. Unlimited access to our weekly issues and archives. Already have an account? … has been an editor at VAN since 2015.
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