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BIZARRE: George gershwin - What They Never Told You

What links Billie Eilish and George Gershwin? The Saturday quiz

From Barclays, Cadbury and Clarks to Nith and Wampool, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Good Night, Oscar at the Barbican: 'Sean Hayes gives an astonishing performance'

4/5 Will and Grace’s Sean Hayes stars as trouble pianist Oscar Levant in a fast-paced, zinger-packed play which has an unforgettable climax

Evening Standard

Piano virtuoso Alexander Gavrylyuk: ‘It is unfortunate to see music as a competition. It is a uniting force’

The pianist will play Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No 1 and George Gershwin’s joyful Rhapsody in Blue in ‘a masterstroke in programming’ by the ACO

The Guardian - AU

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Brian Wilson Was an Exemplary American

The leader of the Beach Boys is dead, but what he did for his country will resound in our history forever.

Reason

Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain

Movies like Wicked draw on classic works no longer under copyright protection.

Reason

Beloved cartoons are entering the public domain next year – but what does that mean?

Early sound films by Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, and music by Cole Porter and Fats Waller, are also included

The Independent UK

Newcastle Music Festival rolls into second week with dazzling line-up

Saxophones, choirs, swing and Gershwin.

Newcastle Herald

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LSO/Rattle review – Adams’ Frenzy debuts but Roy Harris’s Third is the real discovery

In an all-American programme, works by composers from Gershwin to an Adams world premiere were superbly presented by Rattle and LSO, with Harris’s 1939 symphony a revelation

The Guardian - UK

A century on from Rhapsody in Blue, debates about cultural ‘theft’ rage still

Societies are robbed of subtlety and depth when racism is conflated with the borrowing of ideas

The Guardian - UK

Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts | Behold the ultimate English gentleman

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ personal collections go under the hammer in September, revealing some quirks and that his heart always belonged to jazz

The Hindu

Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist and ex-conductor of the Philly Pops, dies at 89

Peter Nero, a Grammy-winning pianist who interpreted pop songs through classical and jazz forms and served as the Philly Pops’ conductor for more than three decades, has died

The Independent UK

BBCNOW/Coorey review – mills to bells and rain: Colin Riley conjures the Welsh landscape

Steve Reich’s tribute to New York was neatly paired with a Gershwin, with the world premiere of Colin Riley’s powerful seven-movement ode to Wales the concert’s centrepiece

The Guardian - UK

Travel for Two: Chiseled into a mountain wall, Omni Grove Park Inn is the perfect slope-side retreat

ASHEVILLE, N.C.— With summer just getting started and heat and humidity practically smothering most of the country like a fat wool blanket, now is the time to plan a romantic getaway to higher, cooler elevations. The historic, stunningly serene Omni Grove Park Inn, in the heart of western North Carolina’s…

Tribune News Service

LSO/Rattle review – transatlantic glitz and lithe elegance

Simon Rattle once again showed his affinity with Haydn before a distinct second half featuring a London premiere of John Adams and extrovert Gershwin works

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The Conversation

Judy Garland at 100: more than just a star, Garland shaped the modern movie musical

There are many angles from which we can celebrate Judy Garland’s 100th birthday on June 10.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: What is Ukrainian music, and what does it say about the war?

LOS ANGELES — The first week of May, I attended four concerts. All four, whether by chance or intent, had a connection with Ukraine. That was obvious the first day of May at a benefit concert for Ukraine put on by the Wende Museum and Jacaranda Music at the Robert…

Chicago Tribune

Who was Oscar Levant? Sean Hayes is playing him in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ — between his wit and neuroses, the talk shows kept asking for him

CHICAGO — Oscar Levant detested success as much as he craved it.

Chicago Tribune

Sean Hayes talks about ‘Will & Grace’ and playing Oscar Levant in new play

CHICAGO — Sean Hayes, the star of “Will & Grace” and a co-host with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett of the podcast “SmartLess,” is now appearing in the hit play “Good Night, Oscar” at the Goodman Theatre. Hayes, who grew up in Glen Ellyn and started his career at the…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Sean Hayes, playwright Doug Wright turn a spotlight on the genius of Oscar Levant

The ‘Will & Grace’ actor, now starring in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ at the Goodman theatre, says he was drawn to the actor-musician’s wit as well as ‘his struggles in life.’

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