Music
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The composer Huang Ruo’s new piece, at National Sawdust, brought audience members and performers together in a metaphor of connection. Source
Even by operatic standards, the marquee productions of this year’s festival of new music-theater are extreme in their depiction of trauma. Source
Mr. Begle’s efforts on behalf of performers like Ruth Brown led to royalty reform and the creation of the charitable Rhythm and Blues Foundation. Source
Many performers at the annual festival brought grievances along with their instruments and outfits. Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offered two latter-day alternatives to “Messiah” with performances of “El Niño” and “the little match girl passion.” Source
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge, will be directed for the last time by Stephen Cleobury and broadcast around the world. Source
The unauthorized appearance of albums on Spotify and Apple Music raised questions about services that have long been seen as bulwarks against online piracy. Source
Of the three jukebox bio-musicals about female pop stars now on Broadway, it’s the latest that best understands its audience. Source
Charpentier is a specialty of the brilliant early-music group Ensemble Correspondances, which the series Music Before 1800 presented on Sunday. Source
