'Hysteria,' With Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal - New York Times


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'Hysteria,' With Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal
New York Times
Another woman spontaneously bursts into the “Sempre Libera” aria from “La Traviata.” These treatments for “hysteria” take place in a special chair in which small velvet curtains obscure the patient's genitalia. In Victorian times, hysteria was a ...

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Two musical masterworks make for great Annapolis weekend - Baltimore Sun

Two musical masterworks make for great Annapolis weekend
Baltimore Sun
Annapolis became a major cultural metropolis this month, thanks to the presentation of two musical masterworks — one by a major 19th-century symphony composer, the other by a major 19th-century opera composer. Both works, which premiered within 20 ...

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Music Centre presents choral classics - Danbury News Times

Music Centre presents choral classics
Danbury News Times
The baritone soloist, Sumner Thompson, sang with a brilliant ringing tone, feeling for line, and dramatic presence in the "Hostias" and "Libera me." The orchestra played well throughout, with good ensemble playing in the strings and powerful brass ...

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With 100-plus voices, choral music is glorious - Oak Ridger

With 100-plus voices, choral music is glorious
Oak Ridger
The gentle rhythmic pulse back-dropping Voiles' voice in the Libera me was especially effective. Anna Scott (of Oak Ridge) was the lucky soprano chosen to sing the crown jewel solo "Pie Jesu." But we were lucky ones too because we heard her do it ...

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Shetland Choral Society – May Concert, 18 May 2012 - Shetland News

Shetland Choral Society – May Concert, 18 May 2012
Shetland News
How refreshing it is, and how fortunate we are therefore, to be able to enjoy music that can transcend all feelings of despondency and differences of opinion. It is notable that Gabriel Fauré, whose Requiem was played on Friday evening, ...

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Finding God in 20th-Century Composition - Harvard Crimson

Finding God in 20th-Century Composition
Harvard Crimson
This disquietingly beautiful passage of music, the opening of Arnold Schoenberg's massive opera “Moses und Aron” (“Moses and Aaron”), echoed through the dimly lit sanctuary of Trinity Church in Boston on April 17. The excerpt was one of many that music ...

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Sippican chorus rings in spring with uplifting program - SouthCoastToday.com

Sippican chorus rings in spring with uplifting program
SouthCoastToday.com
By Joanna McQuillan Weeks Sippican Choral Society Friday evening gave the first of two performances of its spring concert, "Music of Remembrance," at St. Gabriel's Church in Marion. In the words of board president and singer Deborah Osuch, who welcomed ...

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French Masterworks Delight BSO Audience - Fenceviewer

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