Later today, the final #livestream of the season from @wigmore-hall.org.uk, with baritone Konstantin Krimmel and pianist Ammiel Bushakevitz (both new to me) in Schubert's Winterreise. Nothing like seeing it live, but the broadcast will also be available for 90 days after
Konstantin Krimmel and Ammiel Bushakevitz | Schubert's Winterreise - Live from Wigmore HallYouTube video by Wigmore Hallyoutu.beImagine "easy-to-understand guidelines." What a concept. #Medicare
Pé 🍺🧿I agree that the proper course of action is to say "On January 1, 2030, everybody in the country is enrolled in Medicare for All with every visit, RX and procedure to any hospital capped under easy-to-understand guidelines." If the system can't handle that on that day, then strengthen the system.
Live now, the Shanghai Quartet, from the Bowdoin Festival in Maine: Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74 No. 3, Hob. III:74, "Rider" Zhou Long (b. 1953): Chinese Folk Songs Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, "American"
Bowdoin Festival 2026 | Shanghai QuartetYouTube video by Bowdoin International Music Festivalyoutu.be"One-fifth of all land in city centers is now dedicated to parking, and some areas of many cities are far more parking than they are building — meaning far more space is dedicated to having places to put one’s car than space dedicated to why people are going there in the first place." Word
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️Last week, a tweet about a stadium shot went viral and it sparked a really interesting conversation. I looked into it. Why Was That Picture of MetLife So Bleak? wideleft.football/p/why-was-th...
"This included one particularly potent work: a glass bottle featuring the visage of a smiling mammy, which she transformed into a Molotov cocktail." ~ from Carolina A. Miranda's beautifully written obituary of artist Betye Saar (1926-2026)
Betye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac, has diedBetye Saar, a Los Angeles artist who transformed collections of bigoted bric-a-brac — Sambo dolls, ceramic mammies, and crude renderings of pickaninnies — into potent works of assemblage that mined th...www.latimes.comComing up at the end of August, another livestream from the beautiful hall in São Paulo: Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo – Osesp Xian Zhang, conductor Daniel Lozakovich, violin Reena Esmail: RE|Member (2021) Sibelius: Violin Concerto Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
Concerto Digital: O brilho de Lozakovich em SibeliusYouTube video by Osesp — Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Pauloyoutu.beWithout saying your age what is your favorite movie from the year you turned 18
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"Wolf Totem" (2014) by Tan Dun made a striking showcase for Joseph Conyers, principal double bass of The Philadelphia Orchestra, who chose a sweetly appropriate encore. Showing off the rest of the ensemble, conductor Naomi Woo added works by Bartók, Hindemith, and Caroline Shaw More in The Strad
Concert review: Joseph Conyers (double bass) Philadelphia Orchestra/Naomi WooBruce Hodges listens to the performance of Tan Dun, Caroline Shaw and Mozart, Hindemith and Bartók at Philadelphia's Marian Anderson Hall on 9 May 2026www.thestrad.comSix Mozart violin sonatas, raptly delivered by Mark Steinberg (of the Brentano String Quartet) and Jonathan Biss, entranced a packed Philadelphia Chamber Music Society crowd last May More in the latest issue of The Strad
Concert review: Mark Steinberg (violin) Jonathan Biss (piano)Bruce Hodges visits Philadelphia's Perelman Theater on 7 May 2026 for the recital of Mozart violin sonataswww.thestrad.com"Despite occasional explosive oubursts, the piece avoids traditional flashiness, and relies on the soloist’s felicity with small gestures." More on Matthias Pintscher's "Assonanza" with Leila Josefowicz and The Philadelphia Orchestra in the August issue of The Strad
Concert review: Leila Josefowicz (violin) Philadelphia Orchestra/Matthias PintscherBruce Hodges hears the performance of John Williams, Copland and Matthias Pintscher himself, at Philadelphia's Marian Anderson Hall on 1 May 2026www.thestrad.comRight now, live from the Hotel Xcaret Arte in Quintana Roo, Mexico, Alondra de la Parra conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 2, with the Orquesta y Coros de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM) Part of El Festival PAAX GNP 2026
EN VIVO | Mahler 2 “Resurrección” · Festival PAAX GNP 2026YouTube video by Alondra de la Parrawww.youtube.com