Today's Classical Music News – May 12, 2008
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Editor's Choice
Violin swindler masterfully played his victims , (San Francisco
Chronicle)
Pierre Boulez looks to the future, (The Times)
Readers share their thoughts on symphony shutdown, (Columbus Dispatch)
Columbus Symphony to go silent, (Columbus Dispatch)
The music revolution starts here, (La Scena Musicale Online)
Plus More...
2008-05-12
Simon Cowell not needed at Ars Lyrica's Dueling Divas (Review, Charles
Ward - Houston Chronicle)
A mostly lovely 'Madama Butterfly' (Review, Tim Smith - Baltimore Sun)
'Elektra': Vocal, Not Visual, Power Surges (Review, Anne Midgette -
Washington Post)
Live: The L.A. Philharmonic at Disney Hall (Review, Mark Swed - Los
Angeles Times)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist gave Czech music passion (Review,
Trevor Jensen - Chicago Tribune)
Prominent NYC chamber orchestra plans music hub (News, Newsday.com)
Violin swindler masterfully played his victims (Article, John Coté -
San Francisco Chronicle)
Three young masters among Vancouver's 'best of the best' (Review,
David Gordon Duke - Vancouver Sun)
Parkers inject excitement into Victoria Symphony Orchestra's Mozart
Festival (Review, Sarah Petrescu - Victoria Times Colonist)
Opera divas precursor to today's stars (Article, Mike Collete White -
Victoria Times Colonist)
Tuba players 'joyous people' (News, Adam Bowie - Daily Gleaner)
Da Capo choir gets it right (Review, Marcia Adair - Waterloo Record)
Arion guests do careful, loving Mozart (Review, Kate Molleson -
Montreal Gazette)
Orchestra of the Swan/Curtis, Town Hall, Birmingham (Review, Rian
Evans - Guardian Unlimited)
Trombonist, 12, sets BBC Young Musician record (News, Martin Hodgson -
Guardian Unlimited)
New hub for music: practice, practice (News, Daniel J. Wakin - New
York Times)
Strains of humor in a classical vein (Review, Bernard Holland - New
York Times)
Art of Recital, from serious to playful (Review, Steve Smith - New
York Times)
Downsizing a larger-than-life warlord (Review, Allan Kozinn - New York
Times)
There’s a new thane in town, a new lady, too (Review, Anthony
Tommasini - New York Times)
Mozart and Schubert with pipe and slippers (Review, Bernard Holland -
New York Times)
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> Violin swindler masterfully played his victims , (San Francisco
> Chronicle)
Now if he were in the UK, all he would have to do would be to say, "Boo hoo,
weep wail, I am but an infirm, elderly widower, and I only did it for the
love of my late wife." Then he'd go scot-free, scarper off home to his
collection of fine wines, and drink a toast to his victims.
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