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    Taylor Swift: The ‘Tortured’ Mailbag

    Answering your questions about the sound and substance of the pop superstar’s double album, and the way fans and critics have responded to it.

     

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  1. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

    Yunchan Lim’s collection of Chopin piano études, a new recording of Terry Riley’s “In C” and works by Marc-André Hamelin are among the highlights.

     

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  2. Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory

    The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.

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    A scene from the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “El Niño,” directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz.
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  3. Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony

    He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.

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    “This was the one orchestra I really wanted to be with in America,” said Cristian Macelaru, who holds posts in Europe with the Orchestre National de France and the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Germany.
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  4. He’s Music’s Mr. Adjacent, Connecting Minimalism to Disco

    Peter Gordon, who studied with Terry Riley, has always made music that is surprising but accessible. Now he’s starting his own record label.

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    Peter Gordon, a saxophonist, composer and bandleader who has been a mainstay of downtown music for decades, has started his own digital-only label. “It’s really about setting up artistic freedom," he said, “from creation to distribution.”
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  5. Costuming a Small Army of Virgins for the Met Opera’s ‘El Niño’

    The challenge for Montana Levi Blanco, the Tony-winning costume designer for John Adams’s oratorio, was how to keep straight so many Marys.

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    Montana Levi Blanco and Jessica Teaira Crawford tended to a dancer’s costume last week, days before the premiere of a new production of “El Niño” at the Metropolitan Opera.
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  6. Music Is More Than Just Sound

    SFMOMA explores the galaxy of visual and technological design that has long revolved around the music we love.

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