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Jay Nordlinger & James Panero on Music Criticism Feb 24, 2020

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Jay Nordlinger, the music critic for The New Criterion, joins James Panero for a discussion of the classical music world and the life of a critic today.

James Panero on The Frick Collection Feb 19, 2020

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James Panero, the executive editor of The New Criterion, discusses the architectural history of one of New York’s artistic treasures, all the way up to the ill-advised renovations being undertaken today.

Music for a While #19: From Rosa to Mirella Feb 13, 2020

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This episode begins with a song by Giuseppe Martucci, sung by Rosa Feola, the young Italian soprano. It ends with an aria by Giacomo Puccini, sung by Mirella Freni, the legendary Italian soprano who died in recent days. In between is a smorgasbord, including Haydn, Mozart, and a couple of British songs that Jay and others love. Tracks played: Martucci, “Maggiolata” Haydn, Cello Concerto in C major Mozart, Great Mass in C minor Dunhill, “The Cloths of Heaven” arr. Britten, “Down by the Salley Gardens” Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat Puccini, “Vissi d’arte,” from “Tosca”

Roger Kimball: Sovereignty or submission Feb 06, 2020

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, introduces the magazine’s “Sovereignty or Submission” conference held in Washington, D.C.

John O’Sullivan on the Left v. the nation. Feb 06, 2020

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John O’Sullivan, an editor at large at National Review, shares his thoughts on the importance of a national consensus and recent factors undermining it. Audio taken from The New Criterion’s “Sovereignty or Submission” conference in Washington, D.C. A form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue under the title, “The Left v. the nation.”

Roger Kimball introduces the February 2020 issue of The New Criterion Feb 03, 2020

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Roger Kimball, the Editor and Publisher of The New Criterion, discusses highlights in this month’s issue and reads from its opening pages.

Music for a While #18: Maestro/Mahatma Jansons Jan 30, 2020

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Mariss Jansons, the great Latvian conductor, born in 1943, died toward the end of last year. Jay talks about him, relating stories both from him and about him. (Jay interviewed Jansons twice, ten years apart.) And, of course, we hear music—from Jansons and his orchestras. Tracks played: Bizet-Shchedrin, from “Carmen Suite” Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 2 in C minor Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor Mahler, Symphony No. 7 in E minor Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major

Michael Anton on the War of Ideas Jan 29, 2020

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Michael Anton, a scholar and former staffer for the National Security Council, discusses the notion of a “liberal international order” and its place in the present-day war of ideas. Audio taken from The New Criterion’s “Sovereignty or Submission” conference in Washington, D.C. An adapted form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue of The New Criterion as “The enemy is an idea.”

Angelo M. Codevilla on Collective & Individual Liberty Jan 27, 2020

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Angelo M. Codevilla, a professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University and a fellow at the Claremont Institute, discusses the notion of liberty as it relates to American history and self-governance. An adapted form of this address appeared in the January 2020 issue of The New Criterion as “Liberty: collective and individual.”

John Fonte on Sovereignty & its Enemies Jan 21, 2020

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John Fonte, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the author of Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others? (Encounter), offers his thoughts on “transnational progressivism” and the forces abetting it.

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