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A Day for Reflection

September 11, 2021 By Guy St. Clair

Walking down Fifth Avenue just after dark last night, we could see the two commemorative 9/11 light shafts. They were at the foot of Manhattan, shining their seemingly endless high blue columns into the sky. The day itself – September 10 – had been weirdly reminiscent of September 11 in 2001. Absolutely beautiful weather, not …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Music, Personal History Tagged With: 2001 (September 11), 9/11, Faulkner (William), Mahler - Symphony No. 2, Mahler ("Resurrection" Symphony, Mahler (Gustav), Metropolitan Opera Association, New York Philharmonic, September 11 2001, Verdi - Manzoni Requiem, Verdi (Giuseppe)

The Met’s Porgy and Bess Revisited

January 14, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

In October, when I wrote about the Met’s new production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, I was pretty sure I would be writing about it again. There was more I wanted to say about this important New York event, and now that it is into its second set of performances this season, this seems …

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Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Boito (Arrigo), Freed, Gershwin (George), Gershwin (Ira), Mahler (Gustav), Mefistofele (opera), Metropolitan Opera Association, National Symphony Orchestra, Noble (T. Tertius), Porgy and Bess (Opera), Richard, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue (New York)

Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 — What a Treat!

February 26, 2016 By Guy St. Clair

Go to: http://gstcjourney.blogspot.com/2016/02/mahlers-symphonie-no-8-what-treat.html  

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: " Tritle (Kent), "Symphonie der Tausend", "Symphony of a Thousand", Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine New York City, Mahler (Gustav)

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