Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
New York City Ballet dances Mozartiana, choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky’s orchestral arrangements of the music of Mozart. The soloists are Suzanne Farrell, Ib Andersen, and Victor Castelli. This performance was originally telecast on PBS in 1983:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.”
Winston Churchill, speech to the National Book Exhibition, November 2, 1949