Of the two surviving Passions of Bach, “St. John” is more fiery, dramatic and disturbing. “St. Matthew” is something like his wise and thoughtful brother. And that’s how “St. Matthew Passion” met under Bernard Labadie’s lead at Carnegie Hall on Thursday. St Luke’s Orchestra, with three choirs and half a dozen soloists. This is the …
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WASHINGTON — Bowing to an aggressive banking lobbying campaign and yielding to Republican backlash, the Biden administration has agreed to support a much more limited scheme for the Internal Revenue Service to try to curb tax fraud. Senate Democrats are expected to present a new proposal Tuesday that will narrow the scope of information banks …
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WASHINGTON — As centrist Democrats in Congress work to block or abolish key provisions of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social safety net and climate plan, a series of online advertisements have popped up in their states and territories, praising them. someone calls Arizona Senator Kyrsten CinemaEmerging as a leading stance on the measure, an “independent …
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