2 Centennials, 2 New Classical Operas “I’ve Got the Tune?” No, A Brecht-Weill Blitz Concert/Book Review by Leonard Lehrman 2 Revivals (Blitzstein, Weill), 2 CDs (Bernstein, Palmer) and A Look At Lorca (NYFOS), by Leonard Lehrman 3 CDs, 3 Concerts, 2 Operas & A Dance Recital 70th Birthday Concert for Leonard Lehrman and Charles Osborne, with the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus – 8/18/19 in Roslyn, NY A Concert with Leonard J. Lehrman – Reviewed by Jonathan Dzik A Loveletter to John Latouche (Nov. 13, 1914-Aug. 7, 1956) by Leonard Lehrman About Anton Webern’s Entflieht auf leichten känen and Mozart’s Kyrie from Mass in C Minor – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting About Maestro Harold Rosenbaum and the Early Days of The Canticum Novum Singers Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique with No Wasted Motion – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting Alan Zweibel – The Other Shulman AMERICASCAPES – A CD Review by Dana Paul Perna An Interview with Pianist Rosa Antonelli Bach & Bleach – Presented at The Downstairs at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E. 4th St. in Manhattan Beth Anderson – Age 15 to 18 – Part 3 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Age 7 to 15 – Part 2 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Robert Ashley, Ear Magazine, an Opera, Graphic Scores, Electro-acoustic Excitement – Part 6 of her memoir Beth Anderson – The Early Days – Part 1 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Age 18 to 19 – Rorem, Cage, Swift, Harrison – Part 4 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Cage, Riley, and an MFA in Piano – Part 5 of her memoir Beth Soll and Company – Dances of Passion and Peace Bill Cosby’s Career as a Drummer Book Review – Boomerang – Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis Book, Opera, CD, Concert & Revue Review – Harp, Herzl, Sirota, Yeston by Leonard Lehrman Catching Up on Six Summer Events & Seven CDs – by Leonard Lehrman Catching Up with Cipullo, NYFOS, RAM, YIVO & York by Leonard Lehrman Chapter 11: Working with, and Supporting Composers – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting Chapter 4: The Importance of Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting Christmas 2013 – A Christmas Memory Clarinetist Kristen Mather de Andrade’s As Bright as the Skies are Blue – A Review Classical Music Still Matters – Part 3 Conductor Harold Rosenbaum on Composer Thea Musgrave Da Capo Chamber Players Present Global American Chamber Music at New York City’s Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Da Capo Chamber Players Present Musical Spirits Reappear! October 30, 2019 at New York City’s Kaufman Music Center Da Capo Chamber Players Remembering George Walker, February 12, 2020 at New York City’s Kaufman Music Center End of Year Wrap-Up, 2023 by Leonard Lehrman – Anne Frank, Panama, Amid Falling Walls, The Boulangerie Ending the Year Francophilically by Leonard Lehrman Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest Hit Fathers’ Day Thoughts – on Dad(s), Family Man, Hannah, Wagner, and Jewish Currents by Leonard Lehrman Fine Contemporary Poetry from Linda Pastan Fine Contemporary Poetry from Mark Doty Fine Contemporary Poetry from Martin Espada For The Holidays – A Child’s Christmas in Wales George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – First movement: Emigrants Journey Across the Plains – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Fourth movement: Allegro con spirito, “Arrival at the New Home, Rustic Festivities, and Dancing” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Second Movement: Andante religioso, “Halt on the Prairie” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Third Movement: Allegro ma non tanto, “Indian War Dance and Attack by Indians” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann Gradus – Music by Composer David Claman Hagen, Blitzstein, and Opera News: Book Review, Concert Review and Review of Review(s) by Leonard Lehrman James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – First movement: Penn Station (Subway Ride) – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Fourth movement: Baptist Mission – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Second movement: Song of Harlem (April in Harlem) – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Third movement: The Night Club – An Analysis by Kyle Gann Laura Newell: The Philharmonia Recordings – A Review by Dana Paul Perna Literature at Century’s End – Jay McInerney’s Brightness Falls and The Good Life Mid-Year Wrap-Up, 2024 – Boulanger, G&S, Gordon, Harnick, Moravec, by Leonard J. Lehrman More New York City Concert Reviews and Concert Notes Ned Rorem’s (& Others’) Centenary Celebrations by Leonard Lehrman New Marc Blitzstein CD and 2 New Books on Leonard Bernstein New Music Performed by Craig Hultgren, cellist – January 25, 2018 at New York City’s National Opera Center New York City Concert Notes and Reviews by Mark Greenfest New York Composers Circle: A Concert of New Music on February 21 at St. Peter’s Church New York Scandia Symphony Shines in Lincoln Center Debut on April 13, 2023 – A Review by Brad S. Ross On Songwriting: Kapilow, Sondheim, Laitman, and the York, by Leonard Lehrman Outcast at the Gate, An Opera by Joel Feigin, Presented by Center for Contemporary Opera Penelope April 2022 – A Review by Leonard Lehrman Peri Mauer’s Life on Earth for Chamber Orchestra Reviewed by Sandra Coffin Poet’s Corner: William Carlos Williams Poet’s Corner: William Wordsworth Quintet of the Americas Festive Sounds and Brilliant New Music by Composer Peri Mauer – A Review by Christopher Kaufman Songs of War, Protest, and Social Consciousness Terrific Article – I Always Dated Tom Waits The Cecilia Chorus of New York Presents Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison – A Review by Anastasia Khitruk The Illinois Philharmonic in Concert – A Review by Dana Paul Perna The Marc Blitzstein Plaque The Sounds, Words and Sights Of an Island in the French West Indies by Leonard J. Lehrman & Helene Williams The Triangle Fire, an opera reviewed by Jonathan Dzik The Winding Road to Sacco and Vanzetti by Leonard Lehrman The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 10, 2022 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 7, 2019 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 7, 2024 Time for Some Goons Two CD Reviews from Dana Paul Perna Two from J.G. Ballard – Concrete Island and High-Rise Two from Samuel Beckett Two New Biographies and a Trove of CDs, by Leonard Lehrman W.G. Sebald – The Haunted World Weill, Blitzstein, and Bernstein: A Study of Influence – A Review by Leonard Lehrman Why the Met Tannhäuser Teared Me Up by Leonard Lehrman
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