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observations 11/2
Looking forward to jingling these in my pocket soon. The issue date is 2023 but the coins always seem to appear in circulation early. Edited to add: Below "Maria Tallchief" is her…
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ABT – Fall Season Mixed Rep
The Czech composer Leoš Janáček was already 72 years old when the majestic orchestral work Sinfonietta came tumbling out of him. The piece had been commissioned for the Sokol Festival, a gymnastics festival…
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ABT Whipped Cream – B.Y.O.C.
When ABT premiered Alexei Ratmansky’s Whipped Cream at the Segerstrom Center five years ago, there were tables set up in the lobby with huge containers of candy. For $6, you got an empty box…
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NYCB — Fire in the House 10/7
Gotta ask one more time: Why isn't our New York City Ballet Orchestra playing its power to the masses at Carnegie Hall just like the Met Opera Orchestra does? The Shostakovich played last night…
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NYCB – All Stravinsky 10/6
Who plays Stravinsky better than the New York City Ballet Orchestra? Nobody. We have to ask again why this orchestra has not had its very own dates at Carnegie Hall like the Met Opera…
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observations 10/7
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to a Ukrainian human rights organization, a Russian human rights organization, and a Belarusian human rights advocate. Meanwhile Evgenia Obraztsova, Maria Alexandrova, Ekaterina Shipulina, Ruslan Skvortsov, and…