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 Volpe
heads back to Met
Joseph Volpe, the one-time carpenter rose to become the Met’s general
manager. Sixteen years later, in 2006, Peter Gelb, a former record
company executive, succeeded him. As their paths crossed, there seemed
to be no love lost. But now the two men will again be working under the
same roof. Mr. Gelb hired his tough-minded predecessor to take the lead
in critical labor negotiations. The contracts of the chorus, orchestra
and stagehands — the most important of the Met’s 16 unions — expire just
after the next season, and talks could start in the next few months.
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Aspen festival shortens season
President and chief executive Alan Fletcher makes no attempt to sidestep
the most obvious fact about the 2010 edition of the Aspen Music
Festival: It's one week shorter than usual. This summer's season will run eight weeks instead of nine
and that trim inevitably means a reduction in the
overall number of concerts, master classes and other offerings. But even
with the change, the festival will still include more than 350 events in
2010.
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Sounds wonderful
Music is a mystery. It is unique to the human race: no other species
produces elaborate sound for no particular reason. It has been, and
remains, part of every known civilization on Earth. Lengths of bone
fashioned into flutes were in use 40,000 years ago. And it engages
people’s attention more than almost anything else: scans
show that when people listen to music, virtually every area of their
brain becomes more active. Yet it serves no obvious adaptive purpose. So
what is the point of music?
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