Larry Palmer writes in the March 2016 issue of The Diapason on Bolcom's works for solo harpsichord, including Le Fantome du Clavecin and The Vicarage Garden.
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A Bernstein / Bolcom Celebration - Program Notes
Program Notes by Steven Blier
September 23 and 25, 2008, Merkin Hall
© 2008 New York Festival of Song (Listen to the feature story online at http://www.wnyc.org/story/56893-a-bernsteinbolcom-celebration/)
If Michael Barrett and I were to create our own musical Mount Rushmore, we would have to start with sixty-foot sculptures of Leonard Bernstein and William Bolcom. We might argue about the other two profiles—I’d be lobbying for Carlo Maria Giulini, and Michael would be pushing for Robert Schumann—but Lenny and Bill would certainly have pride of place.
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Symphony Magazine (July/August 2008)
The "Generation of 1938" - 17 remarkable American composers born in (or almost in) 1938 - were feted with a festival of their music at the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood in 2007.
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The "Generation of 1938" - 17 remarkable American composers born in (or almost in) 1938 - were feted with a festival of their music at the Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood in 2007.
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2008: A Big Year (New York Times)
A feature story and interview by Matthew Gurewitsch published February 24, 2008
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