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Today in New York City

June 1, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

As our American society attempts to deal with the second of our two overwhelming crises, every citizen is experiencing nervousness, fear, uncertainty, and – not to make too fine a point of it – a certain level of surprise. How did we get to this point in our lives as American citizens? All the papers …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: Fifth Avenue (New York), New York City, Protests (June 2020)

A Little Inspiration Perhaps

May 22, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

As we struggle with what’s happening all around us, from time to time we need a little inspiration. I recommend listening to two choral pieces. Both are pretty remarkable and speak to us – it seems to me – in our current situation. In the first, the Met Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19, Metropolitan Opera Association, Nabucco (opera), Nézet-Séguin (Yannick), Verdi (Giuseppe)

Phyllis Berner: A Birthday Tribute

May 5, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

Phyllis Stern Berner is about to turn 97, and I have known her for 38 years. Phyllis is my mother-in-law, and she has been part of my life since long before Andrew and I were married, almost from day one when we met, when I was introduced to her and her husband Bernard (Bernie) Berner …

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The Most Beautiful Art Nouveau Concert Hall in the World

April 27, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

[Author’s Note: Written with Andrew Berner, a true Barcelona aficionado whose assistance is much appreciated.] This is a post about the Palau de la Música Catalana (the Palace of Catalan Music) in Barcelona. And right off, let’s get past this “most beautiful” business. These posts would be very boring and predictable if every time you opened one …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Music, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: art nouveau, Barcelona, Clavé (Anselm), Domènech i Montaner (Lluis), Guastavino (Rafael), Guastavino tile, Millet (Lluis), Modernism, Orfeó Català, Palace of Catalan Music, Palau de la Música Catalana

Met Opera’s Akhnaten comes to PBS

March 27, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

There were far too many highlights of the Met’s recently truncated season – performed and planned – to write about here. And all my readers know that I’m a committed opera fan, so I was sorry not to be able to share my thoughts about one of the most important productions I’ve ever experienced at …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Akhnaten (opera), Bridges (J'nai), Costanzo (Anthony Roth), Egypt, Gandini (Sean), Glass (Philip), Jugglers (in opera), Kamensek (Karen), McDermott (Phelim), Metropolitan Opera Organization

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