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Roger Kimball introduces the April issue Apr 07, 2022

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights of the April 2022 issue and reads from its opening pages.

The New Criterion Poetry Prize Apr 01, 2022

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New Criterion Poetry Editor Adam Kirsch & Executive Editor James Panero discuss the April 2022 poetry issue; in celebration of The New Criterion Poetry Prize, Bruce Bond & Nicholas Pierce read from their winning books.

Kelly Jane Torrance on the front lines of journalism Mar 11, 2022

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On February 24, Kelly Jane Torrance, Op-Ed Editor of the New York Post, addressed a gathering of the Young Friends of The New Criterion in New York. Listen to her remarks on the recent invasion of Ukraine and working on the front lines of journalism during a crisis. Torrance is introduced by Roger Kimball, Editor of The New Criterion, with prefatory remarks by Executive Editor James Panero.

Roger Kimball introduces the February issue Feb 07, 2022

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights of the February 2022 issue and reads from its opening pages.

Music for a While #58: “I hate music”? Jan 24, 2022

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That’s the title of a Bernstein song: “I Hate Music” (“but I like to sing”). In this episode, Jay has Barbara Bonney sing it. There’s also music by Mozart and other familiar composers. And music off the beaten path: Catoire? And a brand-new work by the American Scott Wheeler. And more. The episode ends as the previous one did: with a piece by Leroy Anderson. After Phil Smith and some of his friends played this piece at Lincoln Center, Smith said, “Well, that was a gasser.” For sure. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, “La complaisante” Bernstein, “I Hate Music” Catoire, “Étude fantastique” Mozart, “Deh vieni non tardar,” from “The Marriage of Figaro” Wheeler, Scott, Adagietto from “Birds of America”: Violin Concerto No. 2 Trad., arr. Carl Davis, “Shenandoah” Anderson, “Bugler’s Holiday”

Roger Kimball introduces the January issue Jan 10, 2022

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights of the January 2022 issue and reads from its opening pages.

Music for a While #57: “Hold out your light” Jan 05, 2022

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This episode begins with a Vivaldi concerto and ends with a seasonal favorite: “Sleigh Ride,” by Leroy Anderson. In between, there is music by Bruch, Grieg, Stephen Foster, and others. In the mix is a spiritual, “Hold Out Your Light.” An eclectic, refreshing, and interesting program of music. Vivaldi, Flute Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3 Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Bell, Joshua, cadenza for first movement of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto Grieg, Finale from String Quartet in G minor Bristow, Symphony No. 4, “Arcadian” Trad., “Blow the Wind Southerly” Trad., “Hold Out Your Light” Foster, “Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair” Anderson, “Sleigh Ride”

Music for a While #56: Welcome, Christmas Dec 18, 2021

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In this episode, Jay does his annual Christmas show—this year featuring E. Power Biggs, Heidi Grant Murphy, Oscar Peterson, Marilyn Horne, and other worthy performers. A glad season, with glad music. “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” Handel, “And He Shall Purify,” from “Messiah” “Angels We Have Heard on High” “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella” “Long Ago in Bethlehem” “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” “In dulci jubilo” “O Come, All Ye Faithful” “Last Month of the Year” “O Holy Night” Handel, “Worthy is the Lamb” and “Amen,” from “Messiah”

Roger Kimball introduces the December issue Dec 09, 2021

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights of the December 2021 issue and reads from its opening pages.

Music for a While #55: Nuts Dec 02, 2021

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This episode begins with the “Chinese Dance” from “The Nutcracker”—a ballet that has been banned in Berlin. Wokeness has hopped the pond. Jay also plays an excerpt from an old, old opera based on the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice; and an excerpt from a new opera based on the same. In addition, there is music by Franz Schubert, Daniel Asia, and Stephen Sondheim—who passed away on November 26, at ninety-one. A striking menu of music, this episode has. Tchaikovsky, “Danse chinoise,” from “The Nutcracker” Gluck, “Che farò senza Euridice,” from “Orfeo ed Euridice” Aucoin, “This is what it is to love an artist,” from “Eurydice” Asia, “Halleluyah,” from Symphony No. 2 Schubert, arr. Dietz, “Ave Maria” Sondheim, “A Little Priest,” from “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”

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