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2:48 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

LA Philharmonic Live: Dudamel Conducts 'The Rite Of Spring,' Sept. 30, 5 p.m. ET

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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads his forces through a vibrant opening-weekend performance of Stravinsky, Stucky and Ravel on Sept. 30, 2012.
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LA Phil president and CEO Deborah Borda, along with composer Steven Stucky, join the KUSC crew backstage.
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Dudamel comes back onstage to receive the audience's cheers at the end of The Rite of Spring.
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In a recent interview with NPR's Robert Siegel, Dudamel called Rite "amazing...you discover new colors, you discover, 'Oh look, this is a very traditional harmony,' but then you see the details — and then every time it's different."
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Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky wrote his first, shimmering Symphony for a joint commission by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the New York Philharmonic.
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2012-13 marks Dudamel's fourth season as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Percussionist Joseph Pereira with his array of mallets for the Rite of Spring.
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The winds and brass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic play Stravinsky's strange and exciting colors.
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Composer Steven Stucky is warmly greeted by Dudamel after the performance of his newly written Symphony.
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This was the opening program of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's ninth season at the spectacular Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by Frank Gehry.
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Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 6:52 am

If there were a Guinness World Records entry for "Most Infamous Music Premiere," Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring would almost certainly take the prize. The year was 1913. The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris was packed to the rafters in anticipation of the next ballet from the team that had produced The Firebird and Petrushka.

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Monkey See
2:01 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Dustin Hoffman Directs Maggie Smith, But How Is His Direction Like Dentistry?

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Director Dustin Hoffman and actress Maggie Smith arrive at the Quartet Premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2012.
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[The films that Team NPR saw at the Toronto International Film Festival will be rolling out in theaters over the next several months, and we'll be reminding you about some of them along the way. One that Bob Mondello enjoyed was Dustin Hoffman's directing debut, Quartet. He attended the gala Toronto premiere and wrote this short postcard about the actors' responses and the audience's reaction to the film, which is currently scheduled to open just after Christmas, on January 4, 2013. — Linda Holmes]

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World Cafe
1:24 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Band Of Horses On World Cafe

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Band Of Horses.
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Originally published on Mon October 29, 2012 1:21 pm

Two years after the success of 2010's Grammy-nominated Infinite Arms, the twangy rock group Band of Horses just returned with a new album titled Mirage Rock.

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A Blog Supreme
1:03 pm
Fri September 21, 2012

Around The Jazz Internet: Sept. 21, 2012

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Guitarist John Abercrombie.
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Originally published on Fri September 21, 2012 5:10 pm

Happy John Coltrane birthday on Sunday.

  • Pianist Michael Wolff talks about his Cal Tjader tribute for the San Jose Mercury News. I do know Wolff as a New York pianist but didn't know he was musical director of The Arsenio Hall Show or that he's from the Bay Area.

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Deceptive Cadence
10:53 am
Fri September 21, 2012

Herbert Von Carrion

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By Pablo Helguera

Got an idea for a classical cartoon, or a reaction to this one? Leave your thoughts in the comments section.

Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

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