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Posted by:	LegitOnce 01:18 am EDT 08/08/14
In reply to:	re: Back when the met was young ... - Chromolume 11:24 pm EDT 08/07/14

I don't know that I agree with you. I review around eight or 10 new works a year, and looking back at my reviews, I find I'm pretty positive about the music half the time or maybe a little more. Alex Ross of the New Yorker I think does a really heroic job of seeking out and understanding new music, and the writers at the New York Times, even if their tastes are pretty diverse, do try to meet the composers halfway. I was blown away, for example, by Gregory Spears' opera Paul's Case last winter: it was original and just radiantly beautiful, and I hope I was able to express that in my review. Some other new pieces I heard that week I was not quite so enthusiastic about, but I don't think it's fair to say that a composer "can't win."
Link	New York Observer

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