postclassical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.
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of or relating to a time after the classical period of ancient Greece and Rome.
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But PostClassical also excels at playing professor — demonstrating not just how the music of a given time and place sounds but why.
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On Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre, the PostClassical Ensemble led a quick and beguiling expedition 100 years into the past and about 4,000 miles to the east.
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Music director Angel Gil-Ordóñez has recently taken the reins of PostClassical following the departure last year of longtime executive producer and historian Joseph Horowitz.
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And on Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, the PostClassical Ensemble presented “Mahler’s Fourth: A Wicked New Look,” a spring awakening of one of the Austrian composer’s most beloved works.
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These were followed by Klaus Simon’s exquisite 2007 chamber arrangement of Mahler’s fourth symphony of 1901, its swinging scherzo further altered by Gil-Ordóñez and PostClassical executive producer Joseph Horowitz to make way for Taylor.
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