{"id":896,"date":"2012-02-23T17:39:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-23T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/?p=896"},"modified":"2012-02-24T18:08:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T23:08:52","slug":"whos-honoring-classical-music-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2012\/02\/whos-honoring-classical-music-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s honoring classical music now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo will teach Stephen to sing on <em>The Colbert Report<\/em>. My sister points out that he probably needs to learn because Obama has been <a title=\"Obama singing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T-hDt2E8MoE\" target=\"_blank\">singing everywhere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The show has\u00a0done a better job than most of supporting classical music, which is to say, I found three interviews. All from 2008, randomly enough.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Alex Ross, from January 29, 2008, talking about Ronald Reagan getting to first base with Communism:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:148609\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>The Colbert Report<\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then we have Lorin Maazel, kind of adorably fist-bumping a lot? From March 3, 2008:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:162605\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>The Colbert Report<\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here is Yo-Yo Ma, calling Stephen&#8217;s phallic symbol &#8220;thin&#8221; on October 27, 2008:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:189589\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong>The Colbert Report<\/strong><br \/>\nGet More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/\">Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indecisionforever.com\/\">Political Humor &amp; Satire Blog<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video\">Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck to Domingo! I hope someone told him it was a comedy show&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo will teach Stephen to sing on The Colbert Report. My sister points out that he probably needs to learn because Obama has been singing everywhere. The show has\u00a0done a better job than most of supporting classical music, which is to say, I found three interviews. All from 2008, randomly enough. 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