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2020-11-14 07:05:00
Classical Music News of the Week, November 14, 2020
From Copland's Desk to NPR's Tiny DeskWhere better to have a “Tiny Desk (at Home) Concert” than around Aaron Copland’s not-so-tiny desk? On Friday, November 13 (the day before what would have been the iconic composer’s 120th birthday), National Public Radio’s popular series began streaming a short program of Copland’s instrumental works direct from his longtime home.In Copland’s own studio, artists from the internationally-acclaimed Music from Copland House (MCH) ensemble performed selections from his Duo for Flute and Piano, composed in that very room; Sonata for Violin and Piano, written on a Hollywood studio backlot while the Oscar-winning composer was working on his film score for The North Star; and Three Moods for Piano, one of his earliest published works. Renowned MCH artists featured are flutist Carol Wincenc, violinist Curtis Macomber, and pianist (and Copland House Artistic and Executive Director) Michael Boriskin.This “Tiny Desk (at Home) Concert” posted at 5:00am […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2020-05-22 12:05:00
Rothko Chapel In Houston Finally Has A Post-Renovation Opening Date
The Menil Collection’s octagonal landmark, which houses 14 of Mark Rothko’s black paintings, was closed in early 2019 for work that included reinforcing the walls, installing a digital lighting system and replacing the skylight to protect the canvases from sun exposure. The Chapel’s reopening, originally planned for June, has been postponed to September because of […]
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-11-01 12:47:16
Menil Collection’s New Drawing Institute Opens This Weekend In Houston
The $40 million Menil Drawing Institute “gives Houston the first free-standing building designed for the acquisition, study, conservation, storage and display of modern and contemporary drawings — a broadly-defined genre that encompasses numerous media, including sculpture that could be considered ‘drawing in space.'”
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2018-05-02 12:46:37
Menil Collection's New Drawing Institute Has Solid Opening Date
"The Menil Drawing Institute, which has looked so enticingly ready for months from Richmond Avenue, will open Nov. 3 with an exhibition of works on paper by Jasper Johns that has been almost as highly anticipated. The now-official date falls more than a year after the Menil Collection initially planned to open the world's first […]
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