This New York Times article by Ben Brantley is a review of Basil Twist’s 1998 visual performance set to Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. The performance seems to have been created by manipulating different materials, and lights, in a big aquarium tank full of water, representing different objects, feelings, and other…

New York Philharmonic | Communications/Public Relations Found In: Communications/Public Relations > Press Clippings ID: 555-010-03 View Folder Communications/Public Relations…archives.nyphil.org This source I’ve selected is a collection of news articles from different outlets, but there are two in particular I am interested in. The first is titled, “The Beethoven Ninth,” dated 7/25/21, and located on the first page. The author of this article, J.M.C., writes to the editor of The…

This article, published in 1859 as part of Notes and Queries Volume 2, explores the composition of Messiah and the reception of Handel’s work on the piece. Written by H. J. Gauntlett, the article is heavily opinionated but still provides enough information to help us understand the Messiah a bit…

https://www.proquest.com/docview/243346639/fulltext/6091FE126B8446E6PQ/1?accountid=8360 The source I’ve chosen is the second half of a retelling of Orpheus, the original ancient Greek myth. It was published May 9, 1992 in the Vancouver Sun and retold by Peter Friedman and Amy. The story starts with the two lovers, Orpheus and Eurydice, starting their journey out…

Letter from Leonard Bernstein to Sam & Jennie Bernstein. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lbcorr.00214/>. This is a letter written by Leonard Bernstein on March 19, 1955 and sent to his parents Jen and Sam. Bernstein wrote this letter the day after his version of La Bohème…