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Don BatonI am an American conductor with firsthand knowledge of top orchestras. And unlike the people who run those orchestras, I care deeply about preserving our musical tradition against the vicissitudes of militant wokeness. Join the fight. Subscribe!
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The Decline of the Met: New article in The Spectator
Dear all,
Please enjoy my latest article in the Spectator World magazine on the decline of the Metropolitan Opera. In it, I argue that the Met’s problem goes deeper than programming too many boring and irrelevant contemporary operas. The o...
Music after DEI
Dear subscribers,
I invite you to read my latest in The New Criterion—a post-mortem on the era of DEI in classical music, and an agenda for our art in a post-DEI America.
Enjoy, and share widely!
DB
How the Kennedy Center can help return American classical music to sanity
Dear all,
After a long hiatus, I wanted to share this (I believe) important new article I just wrote for The New Criterion. In it, I argue that the Trump administration’s takeover of the Kennedy Center can provide a vital antidote to the e...
Symphony on Native Land
It’s no new thing for orchestral soloists to send a message through their wardrobes. Piano virtuosa Yuja Wang, with her haute club wear, builds a subtle bridge for young uninitiates to feel at home in the concert hall. Wang’s piano colleagu...
Cover Letter for Submission of New Drug Gretamine for Emergency-Use FDA Authorization, Submitted by High Tide Therapeutics Ltd. on February 21, 2028
To whom it may concern:
Four years ago, researchers at Yale University first characterized the mental health epidemic of chronic climate dysphoria—a disorder defined by severe anxiety symptoms in response to chronic exposure to the inexora...
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