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ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Apollo or Dionysus?

Calm, collected and in control, or emotionally vibrant, heart on the sleeve and fraught with histrionics — these are two approaches to music-making.

  • Original4/2/2006
  • ECJC

ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Plato or Aristotle?

James Conlon and Menahem Pressler explore two approaches to the performance of great music: Plato's inside-out approach and Aristotle's bottom-to-top methods of discovery.

  • Original4/9/2006
  • ECJC

ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Being It or Playing It? Does an artist become one with the music, or is the printed score the final authority (check local listings )?
  • Original4/16/2006
  • ECJC

ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Beauty or Truth? How is beauty defined throughout the ages, and how does each individual performer or listener arrive at his or her conclusion (check local listings )?
  • Original4/23/2006
  • ECJC

ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Technique or Spirit? Technique is a tool without which no artist can survive. Yet too much of it on display gets in the way of inspiration.
  • Original5/22/2006
  • ECJC

ENCORE! WITH JAMES CONLON

Tradition or Innovation? Maestro James Conlon explores the roles of tradition and novelty.
  • Original6/7/2006
  • ECJC