Mary Kunz Goldman - Music Critic

Mary Kunz Goldman was for over 10 years the classical music critic for The Buffalo News, the daily paper of Buffalo, N.Y. She is also the authorized biographer of the great American pianist Leonard Pennario.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Beethoven For Newbies: Your Bucket List

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In honor of Beethoven’s birthday, here are some pieces I think everyone should hear and get to know. This list is highly subjective! It is ...

Sunday, August 18, 2024

Opera's Weepiest Endings: No. 10, "Madame Butterfly"

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Recently I wrote up a list of Opera Endings Guaranteed To Make You Weep. I wrote it because I was thinking of sending it to this list ...

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Thomas Hampson and Schubert Week

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Today is Mozart's birthday however just this once, the day is about Schubert. Schubert Week is going on in Heidelberg, Germany! I am g...

Sunday, September 24, 2023

BPO season opens with Russian flair

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The BPO, from where I sat. By MARY KUNZ GOLDMAN Former Buffalo News Classical Music Critic Saturday, JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharm...

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Monday, June 5, 2023

Pomp and Circumstance

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Friday morning I was walking in Delaware Park and horsing with my Seek app when all of a sudden I heard this blare of music -- music that ...

Saturday, May 6, 2023

Mozart and the Chevalier de Saint George

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The Internet has caught on to that I love classical music. And so I have happened upon things related to the 18th century musician who had...

Monday, January 2, 2023

Octaves of Christmas

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New Year's Day this year was the Sunday within the Octave of Christmas. That is a phrase I love, the Octave of Christmas. I think of th...

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