Full passages and empty passions
Last Saturday night I caught a trio of Philip Glass‘s slightly more obscure music, performed by a well-rehearsed Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale (based in Orange County, California) as part…
Sure, Now. The Pipes Are Calling
Ladies and gentlemen, for your St. Patrick’s Day dining and dancing pleasure, here is the fourth movement of Ben Johnston’s String Quartet No. 10. I think you will recognize the…
Exploring the Metropolis Expands Residency Program
Exploring the Metropolis administers the Con Edison Composer Residency Program, a response to the challenges musicians face finding space to work in the ever more pricey environs of New York.…
Music For Loudspeakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfT8PJ61gM Literally. This is Audio Lodge, a collective based in London, Ontario. For more information, check out the Spring issue of Musicworks.
Happy 85th, Ben Johnston
In every field of endeavor, there are people who are famous for being unknown. Perhaps unknown is the wrong word–more like known and admired mainly by others in the same…
Time Out
Joe Morello, the adventuresome drummer in Dave Brubeck’s most famous quartet, has died at 82. Tucked away at the bottom of his obituary in the New York Times is this…
Maya Beiser at the Rubin Museum Tonight
In the current economy—particularly in the recording industry—expediency can sometimes trump artistry. All too often, classical artists with a recent CD release can’t afford to worry too much about the…
Okay, Let’s Play Something Else
Looks like I”m doing some softball questions again. For a pair of pretty expensive tickets to the NYPhil performance of Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen, at Avery Fisher…
Let’s Play “Name That Hungarian!”
Okay, kiddies, I have four pairs of tickets to give away to Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle at Avery Fisher Hall on March 18. The performance is part of the New York…