Williams, best known for his film work, has a parallel career in classical music. His concerto, haunted by the ghosts of jazz past, is premiering at Tanglewood.
Category: Music
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The Classical Side of Michael Abels, Jordan Peele’s Frequent Collaborator
Michael Abels writes scores for Jordan Peele. He won a Pulitzer Prize for the opera “Omar.” Now, the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center shows off his classical side.
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These Puppets Get Weird, With Georg Baselitz as a Guide
At this year’s Salzburg Festival, the German artist has designed marionettes for a troupe that usually performs “The Sound of Music.”
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The Circus Comes to Williamstown, With Celebrities and Beefcake
Pamela Anderson, Amber Heard and Tennessee Williams on ice are part of Jeremy O. Harris’s big tent at the famous summer festival.
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Rock’s Legends Were Messy. You’d Never Know That From Today’s Movies.
People used to eat up salacious stories of rock ’n’ roll excess. Now they’re the last thing filmmakers want to touch.
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Jim Legxacy Makes Music That Sounds Like Memory
The new album from the London rapper, singer and producer is a homage to the last two decades of Black British music.
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Mourning Ozzy Osbourne in Birmingham, England, the ‘Home of Heavy Metal’
In Birmingham, England, the singer’s hometown, fans paid tribute by leaving flowers, beer and tequila. The rapper Drake was there to pay his respects, too.
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Ozzy Osbourne, the Lovable Prince of Darkness
The rocker helped define the sound, look and attitude of metal. But his persistence through addiction, his connection to audience and a late-career reality TV show endeared him to generations.
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The Gift of a New Opera House, With a Grim Family History Attached
A billionaire will fund the construction of a new home for the Hamburg State Opera. But questions linger over his company’s actions during World War II.
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I Don’t Know if I Believe in God, but I Believe in Gospel Music
How music convinced a religious skeptic to rethink faith.
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Universal Music Group Files for U.S. Public Offering
The group behind Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga submitted a confidential proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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‘Tosca’ Is the Boston Symphony’s Andris Nelsons at His Best
Andris Nelsons led a concert performance of Puccini’s opera at Tanglewood. It was a high point of the season.