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

NEWS!
Isarphilharmonie opens in Munich (NYT)
Luthier & daughter tortured and killed over 4 Strads (Daily Beast)
Venezuela sets record for largest concert (Le Monde)
Turkish donkeys love Beethoven (Al Jazeera)
Conductor quits over lack of Covid rules (All The Conducting Masterclasses)
Met institutes booster requirement (NYT)

BOOK CLUB
Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing  (Amazon)

PUBLIC DOMAIN & COPYRIGHT
Public Domain Day 2022 (Duke Law)
‘Winnie the Pooh’ And More Works Will Enter the Public Domain Tomorrow (NPR)

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist

Tiffany
Bright Sheng, Seven Tunes Heard in China

Will
Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Chonguri

Kensho
Joseph Schwantner, Velocities

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