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Deceptive Cadence
10:58 am
Fri November 16, 2012

Harmonic. Phil Harmonic.

Credit Pablo Helguera

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Pablo Helguera is a New York-based artist working with sculpture, drawing, photography and performance. You can see more of his work at Artworld Salon and on his own site.

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Deceptive Cadence
9:13 am
Fri November 16, 2012

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

Credit Todd Buchanan / courtesy of the Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vänskä, whose pleas to his symphony's management and players just went public.

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 10:07 am

  • Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vänskä has finally (and unusually for a conductor) spoken out about management's lockout of his players.
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The Record
12:02 pm
Thu November 15, 2012

Divinity From Dust: The Healing Power Of 'The Disintegration Loops'

Originally published on Fri November 16, 2012 10:30 am

William Basinski has lived on both American coasts, but I know a Southern gentleman when I hear one. The ambient music composer, who grew up in Texas, is on vacation visiting the Celeste ranch of his partner James Elaine's family when I call him — "I just fed the horses apples," he mentions — and is just as sweet as I'd heard from colleagues. He pauses long between words, measuring each one because the weight of each word is just as important as its meaning.

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