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Friday, October 28, 2011

In Memory of James Yannatos: Symphony No. 5, "Son et Lumière"

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Last week, we got the sad news that James Yannatos — an accomplished composer and the longtime conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Innocuous as a Film Score: Williams' Sinfonietta for Winds and Percussion

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On October 25th, roughly two months before the movie is released in American theaters, John Williams' soundtrack for Steven Spielberg...
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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Atonal Accessibility? - Perle's Sinfonietta II

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Although we've dealt with very few hardcore atonal works here at Unsung Symphonies so far, there does exist a (somewhat sporadic) threa...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Paradise Regained - Weigl's Fifth "Apocalyptic"

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This should sound like a gutsy way to start a symphony even to the most jaded listeners among you: In performance, the effect will be e...
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Neo-Romantic Minority Report - Hanson's 6th

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Middle America has given us two great musical Hansons. We're still waiting for a symphony to come from the Oklahoma-born Hanson clan who...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Vincentiana - Three and a Half Van Gogh Symphonies

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Today, three (and a half) symphonies for the price of one. One from Finn, Einojuhani Rautavaara, another from an American, Gloria Coates, a...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Mark it 3, Walter: Piston's First Pulitzer Winner

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Why not start this New England-based blog off with a local hero? A hero, at least, according to the Pulitzer Prize Board. In 1948, Maine-...
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