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Virgil Thomson

Classical CD Reviews: Listening During COVID, Part 3 –From Boston with Love (Performances of Haydn, Dello Joio, and Virgil Thomson).

Two new recordings and one much-welcome re-release contain first-rate performances of Haydn’s 1798 “Lord Nelson” Mass, Dello Joio’s opera about Joan of Arc, and Virgil Thomson’s astonishing musical portraits of Alice B. Toklas, Picasso, and others.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: composer Norman Dello Joio, Gil-Rose, Handel and Haydn Society, Lord Nelson” Mass, Odyssey Opera, Ralph P. Locke, The Trial at Rouen, Virgil Thomson

CD Reviews: Mascagni’s “Zanetto” and Thomson’s “Four Saints in Three Acts”

Odyssey Opera’s first commercially-released album is a fun showcase; BMOP delivers an excellent performance of Four Saints in Three Acts.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BMOP/sound, Cavelleria Rusticana, Four Saints in Three Acts, Odyssey Opera, Pietro Mascagni, Virgil Thomson, Zanetto

Book Review: The Joy and Glory of Virgil Thomson’s “The State of Music & Other Writings”

The Library of America volumes of Virgil Thomson’s writings will help reestablish him as one of the 20th century’s preeminent musical scribes.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Review Tagged: Library-of-America, Music Criticism, The State of Music and Other Writings, Tim Page, Virgil Thomson

Arts Commentary: Reviving Memories of BSO Superstar Conductor Serge Koussevitzky

Hardly any of the under-60s generation can tell you who Serge Koussevitzky was or what his legacy consists of.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Johnson, Serge Koussevitzky, Tanglewood, Virgil Thomson

Classical Commentary: “Rethinking the Repertoire” — An Introduction

It’s one of the enduring ironies of classical music that so much of today’s repertoire was written by such a small number of people..

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Commentary, Featured, Music Tagged: Classical Music Repertoire, Virgil Thomson

Arts Interview: Tim Page on the “Virgil Thomson: Music Chronicles, 1940-1954”

Tim Page on a generous sampling of Virgil Thomson’s best music criticism – trenchant, outspoken, oftentimes delightfully clever, and always assured.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Books, Featured, Interview Tagged: Classical Music Criticism, Herald Tribune, Music Criticism, The LIbrary of America, Tim Page, Virgil Thomson

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