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Nov. 19, 2010
Entertainment & Arts
A deserved Take 2 for William Bolcom’s ‘Canciones de Lorca’
Oct. 24, 2013
This weekend both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Pacific Symphony are reviving major scores that the orchestras commissioned and premiered for special occasions.
Inspired by William Blake, composer William Bolcom aims to evoke all aspects of the culture in one epic.
Feb. 2, 2003
William Bolcom’s “Songs of Innocence and of Experience” was born of innocence.
Feb. 7, 2003
The day after he took a Pulitzer Prize in music--for his 12 New Etudes for Piano--William Bolcom was back at work, composing.
April 2, 1988
William Bolcom, one of America’s most eclectic and versatile composers, has finally gotten his Grammy due at age 67.
Dec. 9, 2005
They’ve made operas out of a Gilded Age novel (“McTeague”) and a Robert Altman movie (“A Wedding”).
March 6, 2005
Opening night of American Composers Festival was eccentric and entertaining.
Jan. 30, 2003
In the early 1920s, Erich von Stroheim made a film adaptation of Frank Norris’ 1899 novel “McTeague,” a long, naturalistic story about the devastating effect that a lust for gold has on a brutish San Francisco dentist and his miserly wife.
Oct. 25, 1992