Beethoven’s 9th closes out Wichita Symphony Orchestra’s 80th season
We wanted to do something very celebratory for the end of the 80th season to kind of cap it off,” conductor and music ...
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In “Last Call,” two old frenemies take their final pot shots at each other
Leonard Bernstein and Herbert von Karajan, two titans of the musical world meet in 1988 for one final time in a new play by Peter Danish.
How Leonard Bernstein Changed the Canon
In 1966, the conductor arrived in Vienna with a mission: to restore Gustav Mahler’s place in 20th-century music.
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Two legendary conductors battle sans batons in this new off-Broadway play
These colossal conductors are played by two of Germany's leading actresses: the American-born Helen Schneider as Leonard Bernstein, and Lucca Züchner as Herbert von Karajan. A Nazi Party member ...
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For Cleveland Orchestra, It’s Beethoven (and Freedom) to the Rescue
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook When the star singer Asmik Grigorian dropped out of the orchestra’s performance at Carnegie Hall, Beethoven’s Fifth and ...
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DNA From Beethoven's Hair Reveals Surprise Nearly 200 Years Later
One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and ...