This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stump the Hosts (aka Name That Tune) and then we move on to our three topics:

COVID-ERA CLASSICAL SUCCESS STORIES

Heartbeat Opera’s “Lady M”
GroupMuse
Arwen Myers' livestream recital (FB)
Pavement Concert 

BOOK CLUB: WAGNERISM
Alex Ross, Wagnerism
Bryan Magee, The Tristan Chord 

THE BLIND AUDITION DEBATE
To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions (NYT)
Musicians on How to Bring Racial Equity to Orchestras (NYT)
Titus Underwood on The Upbeat Podcast

CLASSICAL MIXTAPE
The full playlist

Kensho
Schubert Andante in C Major

Tiffany
Faure Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, mvmt. 3

Will
Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem: “Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras”

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