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Price's setting displays chordal majesty worthy of Handel; I felt I could sense the composer pouring all her power into the music.

Mark Tooley discusses the uncertainty of 1861 and major figures following Abraham Lincoln's election in his book, "The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War."

The truth is that the "I Have a Dream" speech is a living thing, one that is as pertinent in 2016 as it was in 1963.

Conductor David Hayes paired memorial works by Paul Hindemith (WWII) and John Adams (9-11) in a revelatory concert.

If we do a little exploration, we could probably find something interesting and noteworthy about each one of the 44 who have served their country.

Speaking at the Park Sheraton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan in September 1962, Dr. King spoke about the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.

It seems the director of fantastic films such as Jaws and Schindler’s List has lost his way as a filmmaker.

One of the year's more important films.

We are only getting to see characterizations, something that has been rehearsed ad nauseum and it is painfully obvious.

Goodheart cogently chronicles the political machinations leading to the election of Lincoln, the secession of the Southern states, and the start of the Civil War.