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Mahler vs. Toscanini — and this Saturday’s “Mahler Hour” on Zoom
“How would you compare Mahler and Toscanini in New York?” asked Kenneth Woods, Artistic Director of Boulder’s Colorado MahlerFest, in a...
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Apr 25, 20234 min read
“Shostakovich in South Dakota” on NPR — A New Template for Orchestras
My NPR “More than Music” program “Shostakovich in South Dakota” can now be accessed here. I document the impact of a remarkable...
josephirvinghorowi
Apr 24, 20234 min read
“Drastically revising our idea of who a music director is” — The South Dakota Symp
The Creekside Singers performing with the South Dakota Symphony “There’s just a tremendous amount of caution, a tremendous amount of...
josephirvinghorowi
Apr 20, 20232 min read
Five Festivals for the Charles Ives Sesquicentenary
The National Endowment for the Humanities today announced a $400,000 grant to resume “Music Unwound,” a national consortium of orchestras...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
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