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New York Philharmonic Opening Night with Deborah Voigt

The New York Philharmonic's 170th Opening Night Concert with soprano Deborah Voigt was a feast for the ears: overtures byBarber and Wagner led by Alan Gilbert, gorgeous singing by Deborah Voigt in Barber's "Andromache's Farewell" and Wagner's "Dich, teure Halle", and the sumptuous and disturbing Final Scene from Richard Strauss' Salome. Alec Baldwin hosted. Plus "How a Composer Conducts Himself"!

How A Composer Conducts Himself

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Don't all composers want to impose their will, not only on innocent blank pages, but also on the musicians who play their music? Alec Baldwin discovers that Richard Strauss even had a set of written rules for conducting!

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