Today is the birth date of conductor Carlo Maria Giulini (1914-2005) – hear performances of Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye (excerpts), in the 9:00 AM hour, and Brahms's Symphony No. 3, in the 8:00 PM hour, both conducted by Giulini; see the highlights below.
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Leading Stories from the Arts Section of Today's New York Times:
Power Dressing - Art Review: 'Superheroes' at the Metropolitan Museum
Verdi Versus Shakespeare: With 'Macbeth' It's a Draw
The Congenial Spot Revisited -- Review: 'Camelot' at the New York Philharmonic
No Sex, Please, We're British Indians - Theater Review: 'Rafta, Rafta...'
Met's Nautical Mural Has a Return Voyage
Books of the Times: 'Terror and Consent' by Philip Bobbitt
Arts, Briefly: Vienna Opera Chooses Female Concertmaster
From Energetic Players, a Mix of Modernism - Music Review: Argento Ensemble
From a Greek Myth, Some Lessons on Crazy Love - Dance Review: 'Ariadne Unhinged' at Henry Street Settlement
The Bronx Opera Makes Fun of Itself in a Mozart Adaptation
Don't Miss These Highlights:
The Morning Show with Jeff Spurgeon: Excerpts from Ravel's Ma Mere l'Oye performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini; and Hugo Alfven's "Saa tag mit Hjerte" ("Take My Heart") sung by mezzo-soprano Anne Sophie von Otter, who celebrates her 53rd birthday today, with pianist Bengt Forsberg, in the 9:00 AM hour
The Office Hour with Annie Bergen: Mozart's Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter," in a performance by the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg conducted by Ivor Bolton in the 10:00 AM hour
Music with Elliott Forrest: Boccherini's Symphony in D minor, "La casa del diavolo," performed by Il Giardino Armonico conducted by Giovanni Antonini; and Weber's Invitation to the Dance in Berlioz's orchestration, performed by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner, in the 3:00 PM hour
Symphony Hall with Midge Woolsey: Bach's Concerto for Four Keyboards, BWV 1065, performed by soloists Michel Beroff (who celebrates his 58th birthday today), Gabriel Tacchino, Jean-Philippe Collard, and Bruno Rigutto, with the Paris Orchestral Ensemble conducted by Jean-Pierre Wallez; and Brahms's Symphony No. 3 performed by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini, in the 8:00 PM hour
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