After Assault Allegations, Classical Institutions Flee James Levine

Vintage Nordic folk tunes and music straight from the heart (literally).

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After Assault Allegations, Classical Institutions Rush To Distance From James Levine The conductor, trailed by "scurrilous rumors" for years, has now been publicly accused by four former proteges of sexual assault when they were either teenagers or young adults. Read this story Deceptive Cadence Vintage Nordic Folk Tunes, With Strings Attached Members of the Danish String Quartet carry on Scandinavian folk traditions by refurbishing old songs and writing a few new ones of their own. Read this story Deceptive Cadence Songs We Love: Bang On A Can All-Stars, 'The Brief And Neverending Blur' Hear a new piece by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry that pulsates in time to the heartbeats of the musicians who play it. Read this story Deceptive Cadence Panning For Gold And Self-Awareness In John Adams' New Opera Set in the California mining camps of the 1850s, Girls of the Golden West, sifts through themes that still weigh heavy today. Read this story Tiny Desk David Greilsammer: Tiny Desk Concert With a knack for cunning juxtapositions, the adventurous pianist stitches together a baroque sonata, a slice of French serenity and a quirky portrait of a mysterious barn owl. Read this story

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