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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> 308 309 310 311<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Recent Notes </h3> 312 313 314 315<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> 317 318<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/bohuslav-martinu-les-rondes/" target="_self" >Bohuslav Martinů: Les rondes</a></h4> 319 320 321 322<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Martinů’s Les rondes glides between second-hand bits of Harlem, memories of Moravia, and interwar Paris. </p></div> 323 324 325<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 326 327</li><li class="wp-block-post post-2230 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-program-notes category-san-francisco-symphony tag-piano tag-solo"> 328<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-05-15T17:08:12+00:00">May 15, 2024</time></div> 329 330<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> 331 332 333 334<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Olivier Messiaen composed his evening-length piano cycle Vingt Regards sur lâEnfant-Jésus in 1944 in occupied Paris. </p></div> 335 336 337<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 338 339</li><li class="wp-block-post post-2225 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-melbourne-symphony category-program-notes category-richard-strauss tag-orchestra tag-tone-poem"> 340<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-05-09T18:33:00+00:00">May 9, 2024</time></div> 341 342<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/richard-strauss-ein-heldenleben/" target="_self" >Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben</a></h4> 343 344 345 346<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Ein Heldenleben might be the most egotistical piece in the orchestral repertoireâa 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> 347 348 349<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 350 351</li><li class="wp-block-post post-2213 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-george-gershwin category-melbourne-symphony category-program-notes tag-orchestra"> 352<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-04-15T07:50:00+00:00">April 15, 2024</time></div> 353 354<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> 355 356 357 358<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">âYou are to imagine, then, an American, visiting Paris, swinging down the Champs-Elysees on a mild, sunny morning in May or June.â </p></div> 359 360 361<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 362 363</li><li class="wp-block-post post-2210 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-leonard-bernstein category-melbourne-symphony category-program-notes tag-musical-theater tag-orchestra"> 364<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-04-15T07:42:00+00:00">April 15, 2024</time></div> 365 366<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> 367 368 369 370<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> 371 372 373<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 374 375</li></ul></div> 376 377 378 379<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/writing/program-notes/"><strong>All Program Notes</strong></a></p> 380 381 382 383<hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide"/> 384 385 386 387<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Feature Articles</h2> 388 389 390 391<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-2239 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles"> 392<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2024-08-29T02:32:45+00:00">August 29, 2024</time></div> 393 394<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> 395 396 397 398<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Pop songs often have a âhook,â or a repeated idea that gets stuck in the head. Among songwriters, itâs 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> 399 400 401<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 402 403</li><li class="wp-block-post post-1634 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles"> 404<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2023-02-28T21:04:00+00:00">February 28, 2023</time></div> 405 406<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/lighting-for-the-ears/" target="_self" >Lighting for the Ears</a></h4> 407 408 409 410<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">
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> 411 412 413<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 414 415</li><li class="wp-block-post post-1646 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles"> 416<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2019-02-01T21:29:00+00:00">February 1, 2019</time></div> 417 418<h4 class="wp-block-post-title"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/bard-music-festival-and-its-world/" target="_self" >Bard Music Festivalâand Its World</a></h4> 419 420 421 422<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> 423 424 425<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 426 427</li><li class="wp-block-post post-1272 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles"> 428<div class="wp-block-post-date"><time datetime="2015-06-01T16:41:58+00:00">June 1, 2015</time></div> 429 430<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> 431 432 433 434<div class="wp-block-post-excerpt"><p class="wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt">Opera didn’t exist in 1567, the year of Claudio Monteverdiâs 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> 435 436 437<hr class="wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide"/> 438 439</li></ul></div> 440 441 442 443<p class="wp-block-paragraph"></p> 444 </div><!-- .entry-content --> 445</article><!-- #post-## --> 446 447 448 </main><!-- #main --> 449</div><!-- #primary --> 450 451 452 </div><!-- #content --> 453 454 <footer id="colophon" class="site-footer"> 455 456 457 <div class="site-bottom"> 458 <div class="site-bottom-table"> 459 <nav id="footer-social-link" class="footer-social-link social-link"> 460 </nav><!-- #footer-social-link --> 461 462 <div class="site-info"> 463 <nav id="footer-navigation" class="footer-navigation"> 464 <div class="menu-primary-menu-container"><ul id="menu-primary-menu-1" class="menu"><li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-home menu-item-5"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/">Home</a></li> 465<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-111"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/music/">Music</a></li> 466<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page current-menu-item page_item page-item-631 current_page_item menu-item-634"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/writing/" aria-current="page">Writing</a></li> 467<li class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7"><a href="https://benjaminpesetsky.com/contact/">Contact</a></li> 468</ul></div> </nav><!-- #footer-navigation --> 469 </div><!-- .site-info --> 470 </div><!-- .site-bottom-table --> 471 </div><!-- .site-bottom --> 472 473 </footer><!-- #colophon --> 474</div><!-- #page --> 475
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