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A Tornado Watch is expected to be issued soon for the area circled in red. Make sure you have ways to receive severe weather alerts late this afternoon through tonight.
Alan Hovhaness - BOTD
About Last Night - Washington National Opera weathers the storm to bring a lost American opera to vivid life. Photo: Elman Studios washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/03/08/w...
FBoston Pops Boston Symphony Orchestra 貓Tanglewood f Symphony Hall Dear Supporters and Friends of the BSO, We're writing to share an important update with you that Andris Nelsons will conclude his tenure as Music Director of the BSO at the end of the 2027 Tanglewood season. The decision to not renew his contract was made by the BSO's Board of Trustees because, beyond our shared desire to ensure our orchestra continues to perform at the highest levels, the BSO and Andris Nelsons were not aligned on future vision. We are immensely grateful for Maestro Nelsons' 13 vears of dedicated service
We are immensely grateful for Maestro Nelsons' 13 years of dedicated service to the BSO, and his many contributions in his role as both Music Director, and as Head of Conducting at the Tanglewood Music Center. We look forward to properly celebrating and honoring his tenure throughout the 2026-2027 season. As we work to chart a course for our future that puts our beloved orchestra in a position to thrive in the years ahead, we and Maestro Nelsons are committed to ensuring a smooth, professional conclusion to his tenure as Music Director so that we can continue our vital work together of making music at the highest level of excellence, and serving as an artistic and civic pillar in Boston, the Berkshires, and beyond.
ANDRIS NELSONS Ray and Maria Stata Music Director - Boston Symphony Orchestra Gewandhauskapellmeister - Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Dear beloved friends and colleagues, I write to you directly to convey difficult news: I have been informed that the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Board of Trustees has decided to end my appointment as the BSO's Music Director. The Board has decided that my music directorship will conclude in August 2027, with the aim of a mutually amicable final chapter. While this is not the decision I anticipated or wanted, I am unwaveringly committed to you and to our work together. I understand the decision was not related to artistic standards, performances, or achievements during my tenure, and, therefore, my focus is straightforward: to protect the music, support the orchestra's stability, and continue to perform with the musicians of the BSO at the highest artistic level. I have aimed to fulfill my responsibilities as Music Director with commitment, integrity and care. These responsibilities have always been of utmost importance to me, and I remain committed to achieving a successful 2026-2027 season. The music we have made together, your artistry, trust, commitment, respect and generosity, have been extraordinary and irreplaceable gifts to me. Our musical journey has been one of the great privileges and joys of my life. I thank you with all my heart. Please know how deeply grateful to you l am and always will be. You are the heart, soul and
Andris Nelsons will step down as Boston Symphony Orchestra music director after summer 2027. The parting does not sound amiable
A lovely tribute to José van Dam on La Monnaie’s website:
www.lamonnaiedemunt.be/en/magazine/...
Latest review from Seth Arenstein for WCR: Relic vividly recreates Homer’s “Odyssey” in words and music. Photo: Don Lassell washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/03/03/r...
Suite du portrait du compositeur et chef d'orchestre américain d'origine grec Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1998) émaillé d'archives et de témoignages qu'avait concocté Alain Pâris ➡️ https://l.francemusique.fr/dcA
Oh hey it's Rossini's almost birthday (he was born 29th Feb on a leap year) so what are your fave Rossini clips and recordings? I'll start with Giulio Neri singing (and acting so funnily) La Calunnia. He was such a great bass. <3
Bellow in bed, playing a recorder. A black cat walks across the bed.
Saul Bellow by Jill Krementz, 1997 #Caturday
"Saul Bellow, in addition to winning the Nobel Prize in literature, was an accomplished flute player."
Feb. 27, 1926: Thomas Beecham, conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and bandleader Jack Hylton are guests of the London Press Club’s musical dinner.
Private debt markets have been struggling for some time. These are nonbank lenders, largely in the private equity space, although they do rely upon bank credit.
This is one of many fragilities in the financial market and the economy more broadly.
The reasons span host of issues & is worrisome.
This is like that scene in "The Town" where local ISPs replaced AOL as the only way to access the internet.
Dress rehearsal of John Adams’ “Nixon in China” at Opéra national de Paris tonight! Don’t miss this fantastic production by Valentina Carrasco conducted by Kent Nagano. We open Feb 24.
🎟️: www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-25-26/opera/nixon-in-china
Handel's Giulio Cesare was first performed in London on this day in 1724. Beverly Sills sings V'adoro, pupille, live at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1968, with Karl Richter conducting. Just breathtaking.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tndp...
Black, gray, and white drawing on a black wall. It depicts a scene in a pizza parlor where one person is cooking, one is holding a large pizza, one is tossing dough, one has dough covering his head. There are also two more people in the background. At center left is a sign that says "By the Slice" in blue and green letters next to a yellow triangle with red circles on it representing a pizza.
Don't Fret was my favorite Chicago street artist. Unfortunately, he died about a year ago at age 36. His art is still around. This one is at Sacramento and Fullerton. blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/22/d...
Gibbon
Title page, first edition
Feb. 17, 1776: The first quarto volume of Edward Gibbon's "History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is published in Britain. The 800-page tome draws immediate notice for its rigorous scholarship, dry wit and irreverent conclusion that the rise of Christianity doomed Rome's greatness. 1/7
New post at On a Pacific Aisle, with thoughts on Emily Dickinson, Nicolas McGegan, Mozart, and more.
pacificaisle.substack.com/p/poetic-jus...
The great Leontyne Price, born #OTD in 1927.
My column today on Washington Classical Review: Independence must be restored to the Kennedy Center in order to save it - washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/02/10/i...
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
A demonstration of where you can find the drafts feature in the top right corner of the post composer on Bluesky.
v1.116 is rolling out now!
For all the overthinkers and perfectionists out there, we're launching Drafts.
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614) Workshop of El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614), The Feast in the House of Simon, Painting depicting Christ anointed by a woman in yellow, seated centrally at a crowded table of guests with long thin grayish faces in colorful robes with strong white highlights. In the background, tall grey archways, a steepled building, and city architecture.
The Feast in the House of Simon, by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614)
Workshop of El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos; Greek, active in Spain, 1541–1614)
c. 1608–14
More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/65509
In past 36 hours, have had:
-Several "spear-fishing" and AI-enabled fake Paperless Post invites.
-Several fake/impersonation Substack accounts
All rebuffed.
Be careful out there. Enable 2FA everywhere. Hover over links before clicking. Change your important passwords now, just for the hell of it.
Arrau poses with a pile of piano scores & a metronome.
Remembering Claudio Arrau on his birthday 🎂
📷 Luis Lemus, House & Garden, 1946
"I try to play the way a cat jumps. It must be completely natural. I have promised myself that whenever I feel a kind of routine creeping into my playing, I will stop."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7sz...
The sheer pervasiveness of dissonance in Bach's music is often overlooked. Here's the introduction to his Cantata No. 54, a work in which the faithful are urged to resist sin. In just10 bars of music, there are 103(!!!) dissonances. And I'm not even counting passing tones.
The President & the Joint Chiefs & their advisors around a huge round table.
The War Room in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, 1964, is one of Ken Adam's masterpieces. This project was a true collaboration between Director & Production Designer.
This guy actually fully get it
La representación de Jordi Savall es LA MEJOR representación del Orfeo y en esta colina moriré
(La fanfarria de apertura es 15/10)
youtu.be/0mD16EVxNOM?...
Ramon Subercaseaux
Ramon Subercaseaux https://www.wikiart.org/en/john-singer-sargent/ramon-subercaseaux
