5: This Is My Office Today

This week, we start out with a rousing round of Stolen Strains and then we move on to our three topics:JAMES LEVINE’S $3.5M SETTLEMENT AND ZUBIN MEHTA’S COMMENTSThe Terms of Levine’s Met Settlement Revealed (NYT) Cancellation of the Met’s season (NYT)The original interview with Mehta in the Corriere della Sera Will’s translation of the Corriere della Sera article THE RISE OF INSTAGRAM PRACTICE ACCOUNTSJacob Sweet’s post on the New Yorker Culture Desk blogMorgan Davison’s bassoon practice instaIS A SOCIALLY DISTANCED MUSIC DEGREE WORTH THE PRICE TAG?“An Impossible Choice: Music Majors, COVID-19, and an Uncertain Future”by Zack Finkelstein and Dana Lynne VargasCLASSICAL MIXTAPEThe full playlistZACHDowland, “Come Again, Sweet Love”Get the albumWILLVivaldi, Juditha triumphans, “Armatae face et anguibus”TIFFANYMason Bates, Ford’s FarmKENSHOCharles Wuorinen, JosquinianaTHINK YOU CAN STUMP US? GO AHEAD AND TRY!Google Form for “Name that Tune: Stump the Hosts Edition” GET A COPY OF ALEX ROSS’S WAGNERISM FOR OUR BOOK CLUBBook page at MacmillanYou can reach us at [email protected] and on social media:FacebookTwitterInstagram