Brian Wise

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Five Things Every Smart Concertgoer Should Do in May

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Tip No. 1: Buy your tickets – and reserve hotel rooms – for summer destination festivals.

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Spring For Music: A Rare American Oratorio At Carnegie Hall

Friday, May 09, 2014

Hear an intriguing program pairing John Adams' gorgeous Harmonium with an oratorio by black Canadian-American composer R. Nathaniel Dett — a work whose 1937 premiere was weirdly cut short.

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Orchestras Issue Their Own Recordings: Vanity or Good P.R.?

Thursday, May 08, 2014

Why would the Berlin Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony and Daniel Barenboim start their own record labels in this day and age? You won't believe what three experts have to say.

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A Rare American Oratorio to be Heard, Uninterrupted

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

The Cincinnati Symphony visits with an oratorio by black Canadian-American composer R. Nathaniel Dett — a work whose 1937 premiere was weirdly cut short.

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Seattle Symphony, New Pulitzer Winner At Carnegie Hall

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

The great outdoors is a perennial theme in classical music, usually expressed through bucolic or picturesque works. But the Seattle Symphony knew that to appear on Spring for Music — an annual festival of adventurous programming by North American orchestras — it required a more unusual, daring take on this ...

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Metropolitan Opera Contract Talks Begin, Con Forza

Monday, May 05, 2014

Contract talks between the Metropolitan Opera and the union representing the company's singers, dancers and stage managers got off to a markedly tempestuous start on Monday.

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Seattle Symphony to Mix Sea, Sand and a Pulitzer Winner at Carnegie Hall

Monday, May 05, 2014

John Luther Adams's Become Ocean will headline a concert Tuesday devoted to sea and sand that includes Debussy's La mer and an Edgard Varèse piece inspired by the New Mexico desert.
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WQXR Dabbled in Rock Music in 1969

Monday, May 05, 2014

It's 1969 on the new season of AMC's "Mad Men" and culture clashes are everywhere. Here's what was taking place at WQXR that year.
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Indianapolis Opera Faces Uncertainty After Longtime Director Quits

Friday, May 02, 2014

Another shoe dropped at the troubled Indianapolis Opera on Wednesday when the company's longtime artistic director resigned – by e-mail.

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Soprano Montserrat Caballé Charged with Tax Evasion

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Montserrat Caballé, one of the world's best-known sopranos, has been charged with tax evasion for failing to declare 500,000 euros (about $700,000) of concert income.

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Colorado Symphony Sparks Up a Concert Series for Marijuana Users

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

In a bid to attract a new and younger audience, the Denver-based orchestra has announced "Classically Cannabis: The High Note Series," four marijuana-themed concerts.

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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra At Carnegie Hall

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Conductor Robert Spano leads the orchestra and chorus in Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, music written for the 1962 rededication of the cathedral in Coventry, England, destroyed in a 1940 air raid.

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Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber 'Devastated' Over End of Career

Monday, April 28, 2014

"There were so many exciting plans that cannot now come to fruition," said the cellist. "I have had an immensely fulfilling career."

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Arts Audiences are Increasingly Restless and Fickle, Study Finds

Monday, April 28, 2014

Arts organizations face increasingly fickle, choosy audiences, who are far less loyal and increasingly motivated by the social aspects of attending events, according to a new study of audience behavior.

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Atlanta Symphony Comes to NYC With Britten's Profound War Requiem

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Join us for a live broadcast of the ASO in Britten's War Requiem on Wednesday at 8 pm.
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Javier Camarena Gives Rare Encore at Metropolitan Opera

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Camarena became only the third singer in 70 years to perform an aria encore on Friday night. Here's how it happened.

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Tenor Ben Heppner Announces His Retirement

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Ben Heppner, one of the leading Wagnerian tenors of the modern era, says he is closing the curtain on his 35-year operatic career.

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BBC Proms Festival to Commemorate WWI Centenary

Thursday, April 24, 2014

The world's biggest music festival will mark the 100th anniversary this summer of the outbreak of the World War I.

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Ivory Ban Good for Elephants, a Headache for Musicians

Thursday, April 24, 2014

New Federal rules aimed at protecting Africa's endangered elephants are sending shock waves through parts of the music world. Hear why in this podcast.

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Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of Shakespeare and Music

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

How well do you know your William? Are you brainy about the Bard? Before WQXR marks Shakespeare's 451st birthday, take our quiz.
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