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Philip Kennicott
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February 1, 2014
Philip Kennicott
The Minor Greatness of Benjamin Britten
How did England's best composer accomplish so much when he aimed for so little?
January 27, 2014
Philip Kennicott
Rediscovering Bartok's Anxious, Hypnotic, Intellectually Exhausting Quartets
November 1, 2013
Philip Kennicott
Gay Life at the Opera
Between homoeroticism and kitsch
August 26, 2013
Philip Kennicott
America’s Orchestras are in Crisis
How an effort to popularize classical music undermines what makes orchestras great.
December 2, 2010
Philip Kennicott
The Fool of Chance
October 4, 2010
Philip Kennicott
Defacing the Score
June 15, 2010
Philip Kennicott
Upward Dog
March 22, 2010
Philip Kennicott
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