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2:06 pm
Tue July 24, 2012

In Aurora, An Uncommon Brain Saves A Young Composer's Life

Credit Randall Gee / courtesy of Petra Anderson
Composer and violinist Petra Anderson, who was critically injured in the Aurora shooting.

Originally published on Thu July 26, 2012 2:31 pm

Petra Anderson is a gifted 22-year-old composer and violinist who was critically injured in the movie theater shootings last Friday in Aurora, Colo. She was shot four times. Three shotgun pellets landed in her arm and a fourth nearly killed her.

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Deceptive Cadence
11:04 am
Tue July 24, 2012

Alexei Lubimov's Debussy: Less Dreamy, More Dynamic

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Claude Achille Debussy in a 1909 portrait.

Originally published on Thu July 26, 2012 5:10 pm

With the sesquicentennial of Claude Debussy's birth coming up fast on Aug. 22, you'd think there would be a small blizzard of new Debussy releases. This year, not so much; maybe it's a sign of the economic times and industry reality that there's no great rush to add the zillionth recording of such incredibly loved repertoire to the catalog. But every so often, a project comes along that demands a revisiting of music you think you know inside and out. This two-disc set of Debussy headed by Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov is just such a release.

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Deceptive Cadence
2:44 pm
Mon July 23, 2012

A Know-It-All's Guide To Olympic Music

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Among all things official at the Olympics, like the flag, is music composed for the opening and closing ceremonies.

Originally published on Thu July 26, 2012 5:24 pm

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