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Is the 'Star-Spangled Banner' Out of Place at Orchestra Concerts?

Published: Sept. 25, 2015, 2 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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Why Russia Wants to Take Rachmaninoff From Westchester

Published: Sept. 10, 2015, 4:15 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 18 seconds

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Why Do Contemporary Operas Rarely Get Revivals?

Published: Sept. 2, 2015, 3:41 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 19 seconds

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Contemporary Opera: Pleasing Both Connoisseurs and the Masses?

Published: Aug. 31, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 50 seconds

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As Newspapers Cut Music Critics, a Dark Time for the Arts or Dawn of a New Age?

Published: Aug. 11, 2015, 7:11 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 2 seconds

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Disbelief Suspended? Met Opera Abandons 'Blackface' Makeup in 'Otello'

Published: Aug. 7, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 48 seconds

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Music Festivals Increasingly Promote Their Value to Tourism and Economy

Published: July 31, 2015, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds

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As Soloists Aim For Glamour, Is Classical Music Going the Way of Pop?

Published: July 23, 2015, 3:09 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 3 seconds

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Can Apple Music Find Harmony with Classical Music Fans?

Published: July 16, 2015, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 40 seconds

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After Ronald Wilford, Classical Music's Super-Agent, Who Calls the Shots?

Published: June 18, 2015, 6:32 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 41 seconds

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How Music School Grads Can Beat a Tough Job Market

Published: June 12, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 4 seconds

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Reynold Levy Delivers Frank Assessment of Lincoln Center and Its Leaders

Published: May 18, 2015, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 36 seconds

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Tchaikovsky: Does His Sex Life Matter to His Music?

Published: May 6, 2015, 9:37 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 46 seconds

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Tubas for Girls, Harps for Boys: Shaking Gender Roles Among Instrumentalists

Published: May 1, 2015, 9 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 8 seconds

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Michael Kaiser To Ailing Arts Groups: 'Don't Play It Safe'

Published: April 22, 2015, 4:51 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 42 seconds

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Do Broadway Musicals Have a Place on the Opera Stage?

Published: April 15, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 48 seconds

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Valentina Lisitsa Episode: Lessons in Damage Control

Published: April 9, 2015, 6:34 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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Toronto Symphony President Defends Decision to Drop Controversial Pianist

Published: April 8, 2015, 8:13 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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Forget the iPod. Was the Sony Walkman the Real Game-Changer?

Published: April 3, 2015, 6 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 28 seconds

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Can a Performance Simulator Train Musicians for High-Stress Gigs?

Published: March 26, 2015, 4 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 45 seconds

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Detecting Music Plagiarism, After the 'Blurred Lines' Case

Published: March 18, 2015, 5:14 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 44 seconds

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Sheet Music: In with the Tablet, out with the Page?

Published: March 11, 2015, 6:23 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 29 seconds

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What Do Orchestras <em>Really</em> Need in a Music Director?

Published: March 4, 2015, 9:39 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 17 seconds

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Violinists Surrender Their Prized Instruments as Prices Soar

Published: Feb. 26, 2015, 8:01 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 1 second

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Did a Loss of People's Leisure Time Kill RadioShack?

Published: Feb. 13, 2015, 5 a.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 51 seconds

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American Orchestras Grapple With Lack of Diversity

Published: Feb. 6, 2015, 4:04 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

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Why Don’t More Classical Musicians Improvise?

Published: Jan. 30, 2015, 7:14 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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Study Reveals Why the Arts Must Become More Accessible

Published: Jan. 22, 2015, 7:32 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 7 seconds

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New Battle Lines Drawn Between Press and Arts Organizations

Published: Jan. 14, 2015, 5 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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Is New York City's Diversity Reflected in its Arts Organizations?

Published: Jan. 8, 2015, 6:14 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 14 seconds

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The Highs and Lows of 2014 in Classical Music

Published: Dec. 17, 2014, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 59 seconds

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A Second Act for City Opera?

Published: Dec. 11, 2014, 8:16 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 29 seconds

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Cash Aside, Are Music Prizes Meaningful?

Published: Dec. 4, 2014, 3 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 5 seconds

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How Attached Are New Yorkers to the Name Avery Fisher Hall?

Published: Nov. 21, 2014, 5:09 p.m.
Duration: 7 minutes 50 seconds

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Is Faith Required To Perform Sacred Classical Music?

Published: Nov. 14, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 22 seconds

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Dejan Lazic, Pianist Who Demanded Removal of Review, Confronts Critic

Published: Nov. 4, 2014, 8:52 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 44 seconds

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How Young Is Too Young to Attend Concerts?

Published: Oct. 30, 2014, 4:12 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Vladimir Jurowski and the Art of Musical Rebellion

Published: Oct. 23, 2014, 7:46 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 43 seconds

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Ulster Orchestra Endured Northern Ireland's 'Troubles,' Now Battles Funding Crisis

Published: Oct. 16, 2014, 7:39 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 55 seconds

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Could That Disruptive Protest Actually Help You Appreciate the Music?

Published: Oct. 9, 2014, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 48 seconds

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Is It Time to Stop Calling Classical Music 'Relaxing?'

Published: Oct. 1, 2014, 3:49 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 41 seconds

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Atlanta Symphony Fans Brace for Chilly Times in 'Hotlanta'

Published: Sept. 25, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds

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Replay: Why People Listen to the Same Music Over and Over

Published: Sept. 18, 2014, 6 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 26 seconds

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You Said <em>What</em> on Facebook? Musicians Discover Perils of Oversharing

Published: Sept. 11, 2014, 3:15 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 40 seconds

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Recovering Addicts Confront Their Demons through Classical Music

Published: Aug. 27, 2014, 3:51 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 8 seconds

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Sorry, Memorizing Doesn't Make You a Better Musician. Or Does It?

Published: Aug. 21, 2014, 2 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 21 seconds

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How to Solve the Met Labor Dispute: Three Views

Published: Aug. 14, 2014, 5:45 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 23 seconds

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Senator Jack Reed: We Need Carry-On Rules for Instruments

Published: Aug. 1, 2014, 4:08 p.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 57 seconds

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Are Virtuosos Born or Bred? New Paper Renews Debate Over Practice

Published: July 24, 2014, 4:49 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 32 seconds

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Why Parks Concerts Are No Picnic for Musicians

Published: July 9, 2014, 9 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 53 seconds

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Arias in the Arena: Are Sporting Events Good for Opera?

Published: July 2, 2014, 8:41 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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Met's <em>Klinghoffer</em> Cancellation Reignites Old Debates

Published: June 26, 2014, 2:17 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 8 seconds

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When Art and Sensitivity Clash: The 'Klinghoffer' Broadcast Cancellation

Published: June 19, 2014, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 33 seconds

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Behind Richard Strauss's Murky Relationship with the Nazis

Published: June 5, 2014, 7:58 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 1 second

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Can Cleveland Really Attract the Country's Youngest Orchestra Audience?

Published: May 29, 2014, 2:45 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 3 seconds

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Orchestras Move at Adagio Pace in Hiring Black and Latino Musicians

Published: May 22, 2014, 6 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 14 seconds

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What's Gone Wrong with Encores?

Published: May 15, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 5 seconds

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Orchestras Issue Their Own Recordings: Vanity or Good P.R.?

Published: May 8, 2014, 9:24 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 29 seconds

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Colorado Symphony Sparks Up a Concert Series for Marijuana Users

Published: April 30, 2014, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 9 minutes 51 seconds

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Ivory Ban Good for Elephants, a Headache for Musicians

Published: April 24, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 39 seconds

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As Record Store Day Returns, Where Can Classical Buyers Shop?

Published: April 17, 2014, 6 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 20 seconds

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Are American Orchestras ‘Blatantly Ignoring’ American Music?

Published: April 10, 2014, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 12 seconds

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San Diego Opera Crisis Underscores Need for Fresh Business Models

Published: April 3, 2014, 3 p.m.
Duration: 12 minutes 33 seconds

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Soprano Sharleen Joynt on Resuming an Opera Career After Reality TV's 'The Bachelor'

Published: March 27, 2014, 5:19 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 11 seconds

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In a Rough Job Market, More Conservatories Stress Business Skills

Published: March 20, 2014, 4 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 51 seconds

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Can Gustavo Dudamel and El Sistema Navigate Venezuela's Upheaval?

Published: March 13, 2014, 8 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 1 second

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With NYC School Reforms, a Plan for Arts Programs?

Published: March 6, 2014, 2:49 p.m.
Duration: 8 minutes 39 seconds

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Vienna Philharmonic: Facing its Nazi Past But Struggling with Diversity

Published: Feb. 27, 2014, 4 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 39 seconds

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'Japan's Beethoven': Understanding the Ghost Composer Scandal

Published: Feb. 13, 2014, 7:56 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds

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Russia's Classical Stars Expected at Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony

Published: Feb. 5, 2014, 4 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 4 seconds

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Classical Commercials: Can Gounod Sell Shampoo? Actually, Yes.

Published: Jan. 30, 2014, 5 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Rebounding Minnesota Orchestra is 'Still Mad at Itself'

Published: Jan. 23, 2014, 9 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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The Puzzling Revival of the Vinyl LP

Published: Jan. 16, 2014, 7 p.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 4 seconds

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The Best and Worst of Classical Music in 2013

Published: Dec. 22, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 56 seconds

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Symphonies for Snoozing? When it's OK to Be Bored in Concerts

Published: Dec. 12, 2013, 3:45 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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For New Classical Christmas Albums, Less is More

Published: Nov. 27, 2013, 5 a.m.
Duration: 21 minutes 12 seconds

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After the 'Mozart Effect': Music's Real Impact on the Brain

Published: Nov. 6, 2013, 7:50 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds

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On Major Podiums, Still a Man's World?

Published: Oct. 24, 2013, 4 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 35 seconds

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State of the Arts: Behind the NEA Survey

Published: Oct. 3, 2013, 4 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 39 seconds

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Is Timid Programming Classical Music's Biggest Threat?

Published: Sept. 12, 2013, 11:55 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds

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Protesting or Praising, Classical Music Fans Become Activists Online

Published: Aug. 28, 2013, 8:25 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Musicians Use Beta Blockers as Performance-Enabling Drugs

Published: Aug. 16, 2013, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 23 seconds

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Wagnerites: Classical Music's Most Obsessed Fans

Published: July 23, 2013, 5:09 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Nashville Symphony's Near-Foreclosure is a Warning to Orchestras

Published: June 26, 2013, 9 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 59 seconds

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In Philanthropy, Why Naming Rights are the Name of the Game

Published: June 5, 2013, 2:08 p.m.
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Nazi <em>Tannhäuser</em> Renews Debate Over Radical Opera Stagings

Published: May 13, 2013, 8:08 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 49 seconds

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100 Years After Stravinsky's 'Rite,' Can Classical Music Still Shock?

Published: April 29, 2013, 6:05 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 29 seconds

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Does Classical Music at Train Stations Really Deter Crime?

Published: April 8, 2013, 7:29 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Does Bach Need 'Rescuing' from Period Instruments?

Published: March 20, 2013, 10 p.m.
Duration: N/A

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Ode to Joystick: Video Game Music Earns Points with Orchestras, Composers

Published: Feb. 7, 2013, 5 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 22 seconds

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Have Cancellations in Opera Gotten Out of Hand?

Published: Jan. 11, 2013, 9:38 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds

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The Best and Worst of Classical Music in 2012

Published: Dec. 19, 2012, 9 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Avery Fisher Hall's Extreme Makeover

Published: Dec. 6, 2012, 7 p.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 16 seconds

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How Arts Groups Can Recover Post-Sandy

Published: Nov. 7, 2012, 7:22 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 34 seconds

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The Dangerous Business of Being an Opera Singer

Published: Oct. 12, 2012, 5:22 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 41 seconds

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Eccentric Genius: Is it Time to Rethink the Cult of Glenn Gould?

Published: Sept. 24, 2012, 7:36 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 59 seconds

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How Troubled Orchestras Can Bounce Back – And Flourish

Published: Sept. 14, 2012, 8:36 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 27 seconds

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The Pitfalls of Carrying Musical Instruments on Planes

Published: Aug. 27, 2012, 8:57 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 56 seconds

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In the Wake of Austerity, Europe Grapples with Arts Cuts

Published: Aug. 6, 2012, 4 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 18 seconds

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Music Criticism as Contact Sport

Published: July 12, 2012, 5:53 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 25 seconds

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