classical music | The Smart Set

06/22/2023

“Children (and Geniuses)”

Beethoven, Bernstein, and Lucy’s Unanswered Question

by Sarah Day-O'Connell

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02/07/2022

Melody in Tragedy

Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and composition through loss

by Caleb Wallis

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04/07/2017

Playing Ninth

Furtwangler’s revival

by Colin Fleming

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02/09/2016

Heart Vibrato

Béla Bartók’s first string quartet and its unrequited muse

by Colin Fleming

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11/21/2013

Labor of Love

This year, classical music fans celebrate the Britten centennial. But no one remembers his lifelong collaborator and lover, Peter Pears.

by Mary Sydnor

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