This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:

JAMES LEVINE’S $3.5M SETTLEMENT AND ZUBIN MEHTA’S COMMENTS
The Terms of Levine’s Met Settlement Revealed (NYT)
Cancellation of the Met’s season (NYT)
The original interview with Mehta in the Corriere della Sera
Will’s translation of the Corriere della Sera article 

THE RISE OF INSTAGRAM PRACTICE ACCOUNTS
Jacob Sweet’s post on the New Yorker Culture Desk blog
Morgan Davison’s bassoon practice insta

IS A SOCIALLY DISTANCED MUSIC DEGREE WORTH THE PRICE TAG?

“An Impossible Choice: Music Majors, COVID-19, and an Uncertain Future”
by Zack Finkelstein and Dana Lynne Vargas

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist

ZACH
Dowland, “Come Again, Sweet Love”
Get the album

WILL
Vivaldi, Juditha triumphans, “Armatae face et anguibus”

TIFFANY
Mason Bates, Ford’s Farm

KENSHO
Charles Wuorinen, Josquiniana

THINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!
Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” 

GET A COPY OF ALEX ROSS’S WAGNERISM FOR OUR BOOK CLUB
Book page at Macmillan

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