Reader Antoine Leboyer writes to point out that the New York Philharmonic has made its programme archive available online and that the archive shows how past programmes were far more varied than those played today. Here are just some of the composers that Antoine highlights from past concerts by the orchestra: Siniaglia, Busoni, Bosi, Chadwick, Stanford, Loeffler, McDowell, Hadley, Goldmark, Pfitzner, Enesco, Vieuxtemps and Grétry. Antoine also remarks on how Webern's music has virtually disappeared from New York concerts in recent years. One of the many confidence tricks of the digital era is how a long tail of cultural riches was promised , but a short head immaculately coiffed by audience whoring celebrities was actually delivered. I suggest that one of the key search criteria for the New York Philharmonic's new music director should be a passion for giving audiences permission to like unfamiliar music . Graphic is grabbed from the New York Philarmonic archive lan
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£53 million Securitas Robbery orchestrated by two cage fighters
Thanks for noticing our humble class blog. The writing on the blog is by students at Thomas More College (in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, USA) who are enrolled in a first year seminar class called "Listening to the Silence: John Cage and Experimental Music." On an Overgrown Path is, of course, on our required reading list. Indeed, the many thoughtful posts on Cage I found on this blog were a major source of inspiration for the course syllabus.
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Jerome Langguth