Toscanini
WNYC's Sara Fishko considers the long career of iconic conductor Arturo Toscanini in this Fishko Files (from 2007).
View ArticleCelebrating Arturo Toscanini at 150
March 25 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arturo Toscanini, who looms so large over opera and classical music that the mere mention of his name conjures up images of a tempestuous, imperious...
View ArticleDid You Know That Barber Arranged His 'Adagio' for Chorus? Give It a Listen
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is filled with beauty and sadness. Seven years after the conductor Arturo Toscanini premiered the work in 1938, it was played on radio stations across the country to...
View ArticleWhy Don't We Clap Between Movements at Classical Concerts?
“My Music Rules,” arguably the best episode of the animated children’s drama Arthur, sees the titular third-grade aardvark at odds with his little sister, D.W. For the musical guest at an upcoming...
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It's the 150th birth anniversary of the conductor Arturo Toscanini this year. As WNYC's Sara Fishko tells us in this Fishko Files replay, the celebrated and demanding Maestro dominated classical music...
View ArticleRevisiting Tonya Harding, and the Robots Angling for Your Job
The editor-in-chief of Wired tells David Remnick why he—and every one of us—should care deeply about the F.C.C.’s imminent vote on net neutrality: combined with Internet service providers’...
View ArticleFabio Bertoni Picks Three
David Remnick asks Fabio Bertoni, The New Yorker’s legal counsel, what he does on the rare occasions when he’s not at work. For unwinding at home, Bertoni recommends a book on barbecue by Aaron...
View ArticleSusan Orlean on the Trail of Tonya Harding
When the Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was kneecapped in an attack by friends of her rival Tonya Harding, the scandal riveted the nation; twenty-four years later, it’s the subject of the new film “I,...
View ArticleDon’t Worry, the Robots Can’t Do Your Job—Yet
The business reporter Sheelah Kolhatkar has recently written for The New Yorker about a wave of advances in robotic technology that will have dangerous implications for our economy and political...
View ArticleToscanini Has No Time for Lagging Basses
The intense emotion that came with conductor Arturo Toscanini’s commitment to excellence is well-documented. But while it’s one thing to read about his demanding nature, it is a wildly different...
View ArticleThe Art of Vladimir Horowitz Part 1
This week on Reflections From the Keyboard, host David Dubal begins a new four-part series on one of the titans of the piano - Vladimir Horowitz. Tonight's program features several transcriptions and...
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