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298				<h1 class="entry-title">Writing</h1>
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303<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Program Notes</h2>
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307<p class="wp-block-paragraph">My program notes have appeared in the books of the <a href="https://www.sfsymphony.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">San Francisco Symphony</a>, <a href="https://slso.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">St. Louis Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="https://www.philorch.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Philadelphia Orchestra</a>, <a href="http://bso.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Boston Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="https://houstonsymphony.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Houston Symphony</a>, <a href="https://www.mso.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Melbourne Symphony Orchestra</a>, <a href="https://www.carnegiehall.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Carnegie Hall</a>, and <a href="https://tippetrise.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tippet Rise Art Center</a>.</p>
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311<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Recent Notes </h3>
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315<div class="wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow"><ul class="wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow"><li class="wp-block-post post-2235 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-bohuslav-martinu category-melbourne-symphony category-program-notes tag-chamber-music tag-mixed-ensemble">
316<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-06-23T04:11:25+00:00">June 23, 2024</time></div>
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318<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/bohuslav-martinu-les-rondes/" target="_self" >Bohuslav Martinů: Les rondes</a></h4>
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322<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Martinů&#8217;s Les rondes glides between second-hand bits of Harlem, memories of Moravia, and interwar Paris. </p></div>
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328<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-05-15T17:08:12+00:00">May 15, 2024</time></div>
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330<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/yuja-wang-piano-works-by-messiaen-scriabin-debussy-and-chopin/" target="_self" >Yuja Wang: Piano Works by Messiaen, Scriabin, Debussy, and Chopin</a></h4>
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334<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Olivier Messiaen composed his evening-length piano cycle Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus in 1944 in occupied Paris. </p></div>
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340<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-05-09T18:33:00+00:00">May 9, 2024</time></div>
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342<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/richard-strauss-ein-heldenleben/" target="_self" >Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben</a></h4>
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346<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Ein Heldenleben might be the most egotistical piece in the orchestral repertoire—a musical depiction of one Richard Strauss battling villainous music critics, romancing a lady, reminiscing over past triumphs, and settling into a happy ending. </p></div>
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352<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-04-15T07:50:00+00:00">April 15, 2024</time></div>
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354<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/george-gershwin-an-american-in-paris/" target="_self" >George Gershwin: An American in Paris</a></h4>
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358<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">“You are to imagine, then, an American, visiting Paris, swinging down the Champs-Elysees on a mild, sunny morning in May or June.” </p></div>
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364<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-04-15T07:42:00+00:00">April 15, 2024</time></div>
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366<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/leonard-bernstein-symphonic-dances-from-west-side-story/" target="_self" >Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story</a></h4>
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370<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">At the 1961 New York Philharmonic gala, probably the entire Carnegie Hall audience had seen West Side Story, owned the LP, and could hum its tunes. But Bernstein wanted to do more than a medley of hits for this special concert. </p></div>
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379<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/writing/program-notes/"><strong>All Program Notes</strong></a></p>
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392<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-08-29T02:32:45+00:00">August 29, 2024</time></div>
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394<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://www.wfmt.com/2024/08/28/10-classical-earworms/#new_tab" target="_self" >10 Classical Earworms</a></h4>
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398<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Pop songs often have a “hook,” or a repeated idea that gets stuck in the head. Among songwriters, it’s an important element of writing a hit. Classical music can also have that earworm quality, but those hooks are more often overlooked as part of what makes some pieces especially memorable and beautiful. </p></div>
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404<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2023-02-28T21:04:00+00:00">February 28, 2023</time></div>
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406<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/lighting-for-the-ears/" target="_self" >Lighting for the Ears</a></h4>
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410When Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street begins previews on Broadway in late February, it will be the first time since 1980 that the Stephen Sondheim musical will be revived there with its original orchestration by Jonathan Tunick. </p></div>
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416<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2019-02-01T21:29:00+00:00">February 1, 2019</time></div>
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418<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/bard-music-festival-and-its-world/" target="_self" >Bard Music Festival—and Its World</a></h4>
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422<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">The Bard Music Festival offers a point of entry to an entirely different time and place through the eyes of a composer from the past. This past August, the festival marked its 30th anniversary with Korngold and His World. </p></div>
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428<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2015-06-01T16:41:58+00:00">June 1, 2015</time></div>
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430<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/now-playing-the-birth-of-opera/" target="_self" >Now Playing: The Birth of Opera</a></h4>
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434<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Opera didn&#8217;t exist in 1567, the year of Claudio Monteverdi’s birth. Yet by 1643, the year Monteverdi died, Venetian opera houses were in full swing for paying audiences, representing a musical and cultural transformation in which the old master played no small part. </p></div>
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