A scene from ‘Le Corsaire.’ Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami (CCBM), under the artistic direction of Eriberto Jiménez, returns to the Miami-Dade County Auditorium on Saturday to offer “Le Corsaire Suite,” the fourth program of its Season 2001-2022. “Le Corsaire” (“The Corsair”) is a one-night ballet. In other words, it […]
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The Political Economy of Classical Music
Over the last century, classical music has grown increasingly estranged from a mass audience or popular musical forms, retreating into an elitist silo. This is not the fault of individual musicians: the development of their art is inseparable from wider social and political trends. Capitalism first created the space in […]
5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now
Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 Gürzenich Orchestra; François-Xavier Roth, conductor (Myrios) Anton Bruckner, modernist trailblazer? So thinks François-Xavier Roth, one of the more inventive conductors working today. Roth has been working on a Bruckner cycle with his Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne, Germany, of which this is the first evidence on record. […]