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Robert Erickson & James Panero discuss Herodotus & more Nov 29, 2021

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James Panero, the Executive Editor of The New Criterion, sits down with Robert Erickson, Assistant Editor, to discuss the Histories of Herodotus and other major works in ancient Greek.

Music for a While #54: Joy in music Nov 18, 2021

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Nelson Freire, who passed away this month, said that pianists ought to play with joy. He did. There is a lot of joy in this episode, and sublimity, ethereality, and other qualities to savor. From Wagner to Errol Garner. Trad., arr. Schindler, “Jasmine Flower” Puccini, “Signore, ascolta,” from “Turandot” Wagner, “Selig, wie die Sonne meines Glückes lacht,” from “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” Albéniz-Godowsky, Tango in D major Kern-Garner, “The Way You Look Tonight”

Music for a While #53: Songs and memories Nov 04, 2021

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A piece he was writing about soccer, believe it or not, put Jay in mind of a song. So did the title of the latest Bond movie. There have been some passings in music recently: of Carlisle Floyd, Edita Gruberová, and Bernard Haitink. Jay pays tribute to these musicians, and, as usual, to music itself. Trad., arr. Britten, “Come You Not from Newcastle?” Trad., arr. ?, “Ain’t Got Time to Die” Chopin, Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3 Chopin-Melichar, “In mir klingt ein Lied” Floyd, “Ain’t it a pretty night,” from “Susannah” Bellini, “Casta diva,” from “Norma” Bruckner, Symphony No. 8

Roger Kimball introduces the November issue Oct 29, 2021

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

Conrad Black delivers the third annual Circle Lecture: “Is America in irreversible decline?” Oct 18, 2021

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Conrad Black delivers the third annual circle lecture titled “Is America in irreversible decline?” with an introduction by Roger Kimball.

Conrad Black & James Panero discuss “Is America in Irreversible Decline?” Oct 04, 2021

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Occasioned by the third annual Circle Lecture of The New Criterion, Conrad Black discusses his essay for the forthcoming November 2021 issue with James Panero.

Roger Kimball introduces the October issue Sep 30, 2021

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

Music for a While #52: Strains of Salzburg Sep 22, 2021

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In the current issue of the magazine, Jay has a chronicle on the 2021 Salzburg Festival. In this episode, he plays some of the music he discusses: from Bach to Mozart to Gershwin. (There are seven composers in all.) A marvelous array of pieces and performers. Bach, Keyboard Partita No. 1 in B flat, Gigue Handel, “Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa,” from “Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno” Bach, Keyboard Partita No. 5 in G, Gigue Mozart, Exsultate, jubilate Cimara, “Stornello” Gershwin, Preludes Massenet, “En fermant les yeux,” from “Werther” Beethoven, Missa solemnis

James Panero on “New worlds” Sep 09, 2021

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James Panero, the Executive Editor of The New Criterion, reads the essay “New worlds,” his reflections on a discovery of fifteenth-century Venetian glass beads in Alaska, from the September issue.

Music for a While #51: From Mozart to Borge Sep 08, 2021

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The opening piece, Jay says is one of the most joyous, most exuberant pieces ever written. It is a movement of a symphony, actually—the finale. Jay closes this program with Victor Borge, the musician-comedian, or comedian-musician—but in a serious vein. There is much to soak in, in this relatively brief program. Maybe the kind to listen to twice. Mozart, Symphony No. 34 in C, K. 338, finale Rorem, “Ferry Me Across the Water” Bach-Loussier, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Henriques, Lullaby

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