'The chorus, roughly, is 'April of blood'—or let’s say, 'bloody April.''

Janvier Murenzi’s hymn for Rwanda

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'On film, characters go to the opera house for meetings, espionage, or murder; operas can bring about moments of revelation, connection, or catharsis.

But the best uses of opera in film boost something under the surface.'

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Congratulations to 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞, 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 on their new Guinness World Records! Read about their attempt below 👇

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Also in VAN:

“It’s not the age alone that makes a young conductor interesting. It’s also the qualities of youth: brashness, energy, a willingness to dispense with both aesthetic and cultural pieties.”

From 2023 Jeffrey Arlo Brown on Shani & Mäkelä

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New in VAN:

Whose purpose does it serve when we treat great musicians of the past like saints? @T_Seshan on canons and the canonized.

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In VAN this week

Glazer, Coppola, Nolan, Welles, Scorsese: Carmen CP🌷 with the best opera scenes in film.

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New in VAN:

30 years on from the Rwandan genocide, Anna Van Dine speaks to lecturer and composer Janvier Murenzi about his commemorative composition, 'Mata y’ amaraso.'

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For the Most Part: three books discuss what happens after a composition teacher.

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From our most read articles of last week: The centenary festival of Julia Perry becomes a convincing argument for the strength of the composer’s music, writes Julia Conrad

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The shape of an “L” on her forehead.

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Hey now, you're an All Star*

(in our round-up of 75 'Winterreise' recordings)

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“Iolanta” (Tchaikovsky, 1892)

From January 2023:

Six orchestras commissioned Esa-Pekka Salonen’s “Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra.” Is it any good?

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Inhabiting the Curve: How assistant conductors keep orchestras running

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Yes! Aye! No More Ysaÿe!

A manifesto by Hugh Morris, free to read this week

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'We touch things to assure ourselves of reality. We touch the objects of our love. We touch the things that we form.'

Anni Albers, via Sarah Saviet, through ty bouque, free to read this week

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'I always have a nose for good tenors.'

An interview with Angela Gheorghiu, free to read this week

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Free to read this week:

Augusta Holmès’s Most Virile Works, Ranked: The thrusting tempos, pounding fortissimos, and many, many climaxes of the Romantic composer’s oeuvre

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Antoine Brumel, it's your time to shine
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Please be seated 🪑

For our Spring special, every article on our homepage is free to read 📰

(A new issue of VAN will come out on April 11.)

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