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What Do Confederate Monuments and German Composer Richard Strauss Have in Common?

What Do Confederate Monuments and German Composer Richard Strauss Have in Common? Readers of these occasional pieces will know that in addition to political issues, I also sometimes take a look at cultural questions, especially the role that film, music, and the arts play determining the direction of our civilization. The arts are both the natural product and the creative work of our culture, a kind of essential gloss which more than most anything else expresses our values, our innermost beliefs, and, yes if within the Christian tradition, our devotion and thanks to our Creator. Thus, mankind from the earliest times has demonstrated its innermost convictions and understanding of who it is in the scheme of things and its place in that creation by artistic activity.

MusicalAmerica - MA s Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, March 15-22

Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Barrie Kosky’s new staging with Marlis Petersen (Die Marschallin), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharina Konradi (Sophie), Christof Fischesser (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Herr von Faninal). The new production will be performed in the arrangement by Eberhard Kloke which transcribes the score to match the orchestration of Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos. View here. 12 pm ET: IDAGIO Global Concert Hall presents Ex Cathedra: Baroque Passion. Jeffrey Skidmore and his choir Ex Cathedra present a program of passionate Lenten music by Kuhnau, Lotti, Monteverdi, and Purcell. It’s poignant music that yearns for resolution heart-rending as Mary weeps at the foot of the cross in Scarlatti’s

MusicalAmerica - MA s Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, March 15-22

MusicalAmerica - MA s Free Guide to (Mostly) Free Streams, March 15-22
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Metropolitan Opera: Der Rosenkavalier

, a highlight from 2017. Soprano Renée Fleming starred as the glamorous and worldly Marschallin, making her final appearance in that signature role, and mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča bid farewell to the role of Octavian, the Marschallin’s much younger lover. The acclaimed cast also featured soprano Erin Morley as Sophie, who captures Octavian’s heart, and bass Günther Groissböck as the Marschallin’s insufferable cousin Baron Ochs, along with tenor Matthew Polenzani as the Italian Singer and baritone Marcus Brück as Faninal. Sebastian Weigle led the Met Orchestra and Chorus in this humorous and deeply moving opera that deals with the passage of time and the changes it brings.

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