When Two Worlds Collide
…Collide in a good way, that is… The world of “avant” classical and “avant” jazz (I know I know, half of you will cringe at the labels, but it’s as…
Merry Xmas, Happy New Year and VIVA 21st-century Women
Full of food and drink, playing with those presents, a couple days now to relax… How about capping the holiday huddled around the warm, cozy glow of the old ‘puter?…
Pacem in Terris
I took this picture at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica around 3 a.m. on December 25, 1966 as some of my shipmates and I made our way back from the McMurdo “Playboy…
A Visit from J. S. Bach
I hesitate to repost this again, but I find that the links that Google turns up are mostly dead, and some of you seem to like it. So, with best…
Sequenza21 Best of the Decade
It was a time of list-making and so they made a list–the most important new musical works of an otherwise shitty, miserable decade. I’ll begin: 1. La Pasión según San…
Q2 to you too
WNYC’s acquisition of New York radio’s stalwart WQXR was a win/lose proposition. Win, in that a major classical station would stay alive; lose in that the new assigned frequency (which…
Musical America’s Composer of the Year
Musical America is honoring Louis Andriessen as their 2010 Composer of the Year. Seems a fitting tribute in his seventieth birthday year. That said, there’s been much activity in the…
Happy 101st Birthday Elliott!
Elliott Carter turns 101 today. By all accounts, he’s hale, hearty, and busily composing!
Christian Wolff and friends, S.E.M.
The S.E.M. Ensemble will open its 40th anniversary season with its annual Christmas concert at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City on Tuesday, December 15. SEM has performed a…
Happy 20th Birthday, Cedille (as in “say-dee”) Records
Our friends at Cedille Records, the Grammy Award-winning, Chicago-based classical record label, are about to embark on their 20th year. Launched two decades ago in a student apartment on Chicago’s…