Anne Midgette resigned as classical music critic for the Washington Post a few months ago, but she is well placed to discuss the dangers facing live performances of classical music in The After. And she tells us about the historical novel she's writing about the woman who built pianos for Beethoven.
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Guest:
Anne Midgette (https://annemidgette.com)
Anne Midgette's articles on the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/anne-midgette/)
Show notes:
Furloughed Musicians and A New Digital Frontier: Performing Arts in the COVID-19 Shutdown (https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/04/performing-arts-in-the-covid-19-shutdown)
Julliard Bolero (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqzkn-jX-JU)
A String Quartet Is Crushed by the Coronavirus (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/19/arts/music/string-quartet-coronavirus.html)
Classical music in crisis - this what the future looks like (https://david-taylor.org/blog/classical-music-in-crisis-this-what-the-future-looks-like)
Coronadämmerung (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ChqaZxLT4)
Our next tracks:
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Kraftwerk: Computer World (https://amzn.to/3bivDgS)
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