It might sound odd for a theater critic to say that an afternoon spent at an Albany Symphony Orchestra was among the best 2 1 ...

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His first thoughts on the music were penned around October 1888. Still, once the scenario was established, it took him, he said, “about 40 days” to complete a rehearsal score (May 26 ...