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eschenbach to national symphony

by Charles Noble on September 26, 2008

Christoph Eschenbach, formerly the embattled music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has taken a position with the National Symphony, which will entail not only being the NSO’s music director, but also being the music director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  Reportedly, this will enable him to curate interdisciplinary festivals in the complex, [...]

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snobbery for dummies

by Charles Noble on May 23, 2008 · 1 comment

Columnist Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times has written a great column on how to become an annoying, insufferable, classical music snob.  It’s quite a funny read, and oh so true.  My favorite bit is his concert experience with Mahler’s Sixth Symphony:
I downloaded Leonard Bernstein’s version of Mahler’s Sixth and read the Wikipedia entry [...]

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eschenbach to national symphony?

by Charles Noble on January 17, 2008

Apparently the rumor mill at the Philadelphia Orchestra is buzzing with news that Christoph Eschenbach is due to be named music director of the National Symphony – Peter Dobrin of ArtsWatch reports:
That’s been the backstage rumor lately at the Philadelphia Orchestra – that the Washington, D.C. ensemble is set to name Eschenbach its next [...]

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