Seriously Splendid Strings and Baritone
Dashon Burton (file photo) A Far Cry offered distinctive 20th-century music at the Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall on Sunday afternoon with baritone Dashon Burton, demonstrating that a concert that...
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By Joseph Horowitz Fifty years ago an instantly iconic photograph was taken of Rudolf Bing, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, Leonard Bernstein, music director of the New York Philharmonic,...
View ArticleHow Classical Music Helped Me Find My Gay Pride
Finding my place in the world has always been an ongoing struggle. As a young queer man in small town Tennessee, I’ve always felt out of place. But one of the ways I find purpose is through music. I’ve...
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