WQXR Editorial
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Latest / Greatest September 2020
From tender cello music by Dvořák to booming Brahms Symphonies, here are our favorite recordings released last month. Sep 21, 2020
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Commanding Conservatories in the Time of COVID-19: How 9 Music Schools Are Adapting As They Reopen This Fall
A look into how nine music schools are adapting to the new normal of re-opening. Sep 18, 2020
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Has Music Become a Disposable Commodity?
Our relationship to recorded sound has changed a lot. So has the way we listeners interact with the artists we're most devoted to. Sep 15, 2020
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Beyond High Concept, Beyond Algorithms: Classical Recording Artists Go “Off the Leash”
After decades of respectful, even beatific enshrinement, classical repertoire is being challenged, tested, and “tough loved” by its fondest champions. Sep 11, 2020
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Bach’s Goldberg Variations — and All of its Loopholes — Keep it Indestructible
The Goldberg Variations is a masterpiece without consensus — in terms of what it is, who should play it and how it should be heard. Sep 10, 2020
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Get on the Bandwagon: the New York Phil Is Bringing the Concert Experience Outdoors
The orchestra will see you now. Sep 3, 2020
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America’s Lost Generation of Black Conductors
The 1970s are hardly ancient history, but the decade seems like a distant world that had African American symphony and opera conductors in a few highly visible positions. Sep 1, 2020
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First Listen: Invictus
Anthony Barfield’s commission which celebrates the resilience of New York, features musicians from ensembles across Lincoln Center’s campus performing together for the first time, ever. Aug 31, 2020
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Women's Equality Day: Music of the Suffragists
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day, and that date in 2020 marks exactly 100 years since the federal government added the 19th Amendment to the U.S. constitution. Aug 26, 2020
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Musical Wings To Transport The Soul
Learn about music’s ability to transport listeners’ minds to faraway places and its major effects on many aspects of our health. Aug 25, 2020
