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Deceptive Cadence
3:47 pm
Fri June 22, 2012

Around The Classical Internet: June 22, 2012

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Gustavo Dudamel applauds the youngsters of Scotland's Big Noise Orchestra after their Thursday performance in Stirling.
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By Anastasia Tsioulcas
  • This week, Gustavo Dudamel was in Scotland to visit Raploch, Stirling, the "former haunt of notorious crime-clan ­matriarch Big Mags Haney and once so educationally deprived it was dubbed a 'higher-free zone.'" It now is the home of Big Noise, a classical music project for kids run by Sistema Scotland.

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Song Travels
3:21 pm
Fri June 22, 2012

Marilyn And Alan Bergman On 'Song Travels'

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Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
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Songwriters Marilyn and Alan Bergman are a legendary power couple in American popular music whose work includes the themes for television programs Alice, Good Times and In the Heat of the Night. They've earned multiple Emmys, Grammys and Academy Awards, including Best Original Song for "The Way We Were," written with Marvin Hamlisch.

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The Record
3:02 pm
Fri June 22, 2012

Richard Adler, Broadway Composer And Lyricist, Dies

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Celebrated composer and lyricist Richard Adler has died at the age of 90.
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Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 5:11 pm

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Piano Jazz
2:40 pm
Fri June 22, 2012

Dave McKenna On Piano Jazz

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Dave McKenna is celebrated with highlights from two Piano Jazz appearances.
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Dave McKenna is celebrated with highlights from two Piano Jazz appearances.
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By Alfred Turner

Originally published on Fri October 2, 2009 10:08 am

This week's show is a tribute to the late pianist Dave McKenna with guest host, pianist and singer Daryl Sherman, who was a friend of McKenna's and is a musical fixture at New York's famous Waldorf Astoria.

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All Songs Considered Blog
2:36 pm
Fri June 22, 2012

Locrian And Mammifer: Affirmation Through Controlled Chaos

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Faith Coloccia of Mammifer.
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Locrian and Mammifer.
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Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 9:05 pm

"Why music?" It comes off like a Philosophy 101 essay question at first, but the more I twist my head around it, the more it causes a volcanic hurl of thought: Why do I love music? Why do I write about it? Why do I care what other people write about it? Do I love a song for the story or for itself? Does that matter? What if I go deaf? Am I going to miss my deadline?

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