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Archive for month: January, 2008

Sharks and the Philharmonic

28 January, 2008 (19:00) | Rockwell Matters | By: WNYC Music

Damien Hirst’s Shark

Culture critic John Rockwell considers which is more creepy and cold: Damien Hirst’s recent exhibition of dead animals at the Lever House or the New York Philharmonic performing Mendelssohn’s Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
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Simon Shaheen

14 January, 2008 (19:00) | The New Americans | By: WNYC Music

Simon Shaheen

Composer and oud virtuoso Simon Shaheen has been the decisive force in bringing both traditional Arab and its contemporary jazz fusions to American audiences for over more than 20 years. Hear his trials and tribulations, anecdotes and insights as we listen to his stories and sample his diverse musical styles.

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Crazed Grecian Princesses

14 January, 2008 (19:00) | Rockwell Matters | By: WNYC Music

Susan Graham as Iphigénie

Culture critic John Rockwell explores the Metropolitan’s recent production of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera about a crazed, death-obsessed Grecian princess, “IphigĂ©nie en Tauride.”
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Demon Barbers and Human Ovens

7 January, 2008 (19:00) | Rockwell Matters | By: WNYC Music

Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd

Culture critic John Rockwell digs into the bloody, nightmarish visions of Tim Burton’s “Sweeney Todd” and the Metropolitan Opera’s current production of “Hansel and Gretel.”
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