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Elgar and “The Dream of Gerontius”

October 31, 2016Courtney Lewis, Conducting ElectricityLeave a Comment

The season is underway, and we’re getting ready for a weekend of concerts that feature a piece especially close to my heart. I doubt many of you know it since it’s rarely played outside the British Isles, yet it contains music that offers some of the concert hall’s deepest spiritual experiences. I’d like to spend this column telling you a … Read More

Summer’s Over, Time for the New Season!

September 17, 2016Courtney Lewis, Conducting ElectricityLeave a Comment

In 1922, the English poet AE Housman wrote: When summer’s end is nighing And skies at evening cloud, I muse on change and fortune And all the feats I vowed When I was young and proud. I always find the end of summer a deeply nostalgic time. Perhaps it’s the memories of going back to school as a child: that … Read More

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