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Leonard Slatkin on His Final Bow at the Detroit Symphony
On May 25, I attended the first of three final programs that Leonard Slatkin had programmed for his 10th and final season as music director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. But Slatkin wasn’t there. The 73-year-old conductor was forced to withdraw from the concerts in order to undergo a heart-bypass operation (he’s reportedly recovering well).
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Five Takeaways from Classical April Fool’s Day
April Fool’s Day offers classical music organizations an opportunity to reveal a less serious side, which increasingly means online video. There were at least three such videos that made the rounds in 2016. At the risk of turning a holiday of silliness and shenanigans into an exercise in furrowed-brow analysis, here are five takeaways from April Fool’s Day.