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Bob Dylan awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, highest civilian honour in the U.S.
Relative Pitch?: President Obama declared “There was no bigger giant in the history of American music” {roll over Ives, Barber, Copland, Reich, Ellington, Carter….}
“Master of the Queen’s Music” storms out of restaurant; objects to background music
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, who’s 9th Symphony in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee will be premiered June 9th, opposes restaurant music.
Falcons won’t fly in Vancouver Opera’s “Aida’
a little Verdi told me... A city bylaw prohibits birds of prey on stage
Mahler, Symphony of 1001
New York Philharmonic conductor stops performance of Mahler Symphony because of audience cell-phone ringing
“O Holy Night”
John Rutter is to Christmas music as turkey is to Christmas dinner
Cat in Cello Case
Dreaming of "Purrcell"?
Arvo Part
'Til Deaf do us Part
Gounod Who? [Vancouver Opera presents Romeo and Juliette]
"All the Gnus that's fit to speak"
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 