The Real Challenge Of Being A Classical Music Critic: Anthony Tommasini Explains

"Describing performances, whether the New York debut of an exciting young Finnish pianist or a boldly radical production of The Magic Flute, is the core of the reviewing art. ... [Yet] music, especially purely instrumental music, resists being described in language. It's very hard to convey sounds through words. Perhaps that's what we most love about music: that it's beyond description, deeper than words. Yet the poor music critic has to try."

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