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A Gift of Song For the Holidays

Jason Victor Serinus - November 30, 2009
Given the large number of fine recordings released in the past year, a first-time visitor to Planet Earth would hardly suspect that the record industry is in the doldrums. Nor will the music lovers on your holiday gift list think anything is amiss, if you present them with one or more of the sonic goodies in the guide that follows.
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West to East: The Migration of American New Music

Brett Campbell - November 24, 2009

New York, New York, a hell of a town: arts capital of the world and epicenter of American postclassical music since at least the days of George Gershwin. Think of the composers who lived and worked there from the 1940s on — Cage, Cowell, Thomson, Copland, Bernstein, Rorem, all the way down to younger generations like Bang on a Can, Nico Muhly, and the New Amsterdam composers. It’s almost easier to compile a list of major composers who aren’t from the Big Apple.

Music News: November 24, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 24, 2009

Weekend Riches From the Berlin Philharmonic

Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic were happily ensconced in and around Davies Symphony Hall Thursday through Saturday, showering the city with four grand events in just three days.
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Seeing Passion in Everyday Life

Georgia Rowe - November 24, 2009
For nearly 300 years, Bach’s Passions — oratorios retelling the story of Christ on the cross — have set the standard for musical depictions of suffering and redemption. Yet when David Lang set out to create a new work along similar lines, his first impulse was to leave Christian iconography behind.

Music News: November 17, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 17, 2009

(Contractual) Longevity of Conductors

Upon hearing news of Simon Rattle's contract as principal conductor being extended by the self-governing Berlin Philharmonic through 2018, I put together a quick — and obviously incomplete — survey of music directors' tenure.

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'Tis the Season to Go Wild With Holiday Music

Michael Zwiebach - November 10, 2009
It’s holiday crush time. We’ve just passed Halloween, we have about two weeks to think about Thanksgiving (we’ll just get through that one — a turkey and football are all you need, right?), and then we’ll brace ourselves for the month-long winter holiday season ... that orgy of partying and spending and family visiting that ends with a hangover and a New Year’s Day splurge.
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Music News: November 10, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 10, 2009

The Phantom of the Legion

The great Ernest M.

San Francisco Classical Voice Awarded Third Prize in National Contest

SFCV Staff - November 3, 2009

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Real-Life High School Musical

Lisa Petrie - November 3, 2009
The high school selection process has begun for next fall with a flurry of open houses, fairs, school visits, and application forms. When the dust settles, some 5,260 eighth-graders in San Francisco will choose a public school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) for their high school experience.

Music News: November 3, 2009

Janos Gereben - November 3, 2009

'Our People' Doing Well Everywhere

Excuse yet another rather provincial outburst of pride, but young artists from hereabouts are making strides around the world — not that it's something new, but there is an unusual cluster of such reports:

Jose Maria Condemi

The Merola alumnus, who is likely to direct a San Francisco Bu