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At the NY Phil in Geffen Hall, a few nights ago: Dudamel conducted the "Eroica" (horns very much in the forefront here - perhaps more so than would be expected?), and the world premiere of the orchestration - by 18 individual composers of 24 of the 36 variations in Frederic Rzewski's variations (for piano) on the Chilean protest anthem "¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!" (The people united will never be defeated).
We are so fortunate that Thomas May writes so much about music: two reviews in as many days. Here's about the New York Philharmonic with its new music director, Gustavo Dudamel and two important works:
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https://memeteria.com/2026/03/21/the-wealth-of-nations-by-david-lang/
‘the wealth of nations’ by David Lang

The New York Philharmonic has been on quite a roll with Gustavo Dudamel: after last week’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated! variations-extravaganza comes another major commission thi…

MEMETERIA by Thomas May
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Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - Symphony No 3

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"One doesn't work for effects, and one doesn't set up in the artist business. One studies and learns and works and thinks to develop oneself as an intelligent, sensitive, and aware human being: and out of the always-increasing resources of intelligence, sensitivity, and awareness, the human being makes music." — Leonard Bernstein, April 1967


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