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Published 28 March 2007 by roedeo

Critics and Clapping

Woke up this morning thinking about the old saw, attributed to Finnish composer Jean Sibelius to “Pay no attention to what the critics say; there has never been set up…

Classical Music Composers Conductors Critics orchestras Washington DC

Barack Obama ionarts Kennedy Center Mstislav Rostropovich National Philharmonic of Russia Richard Cohen Robert Battey Shostakovich Vladimir Spivakov Washington Post

Published 23 March 2007 by roedeo

A Tale of Two Orchestras: the “other” NPR

Terrific review (more of a commentary, actually) by Bernard Holland in the New York Times the other day about the duelling Russian Orchestras currently touring the US – the Russian…

Classical Music Concert Previews Conductors orchestras Russia Washington DC

Cold War Mstislav Rostropovich New York Times Olga Kern Rachmaninoff Russian orchestras Shostakovich Vladimir Spivakov