Topsy, Part 2
There are a handful of words that send me reflexively scurrying for the off button: “Mozart,” “President Bush said today,” “Sandy Duncan,” “drum solo. ” I loved it when Buddy Rich told Johnny…
What Will $5 Get You in San Francisco?
Sure, a short latte, or a couple humbows & a coke… Or, just about any couple weeks through this year, that or even less will get you into any of…
Why Not 12-Tone Opera?
Few operas I have seen have left as great an impact on me as Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s Die Soldaten which I originally saw at City Opera in the early ’90s…
Let the Ennui and Angst Begin
Nothing for those slooow summer days like another round of “everything sucks/everything’s fine” wars… Courtesy of The Guardian, Joe Queenan kicks it off with an article on how he just can’t…
Poor little computer
From composer Paul Laino. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSasEp1-j1Q[/youtube] And don’t forget: the S21 concert submission postmark deadline is one week from today. Fire me an e-mail; Pierrot or subsets thereof.
Bad news from Tanglewood: The BSO press release
BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE LEAVES TANGLEWOOD TO UNDERGO SURGERY BSO Music Director James Levine regrets that he will have to withdraw from the balance of the 2008 Tanglewood season.…
In the Manner of Michael Nyman
I come to praise Michael Nyman. No, really. Since the nice people at Naxos began distributing Nyman’s MN Records a couple of months ago, several of his musical adventures have…
Happy Fourth From Ben Johnston
Click to Play For the past couple of years the Kepler Quartet has been on a mission from God to record all ten of Ben Johnston’s string quartets with their…
Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About
Steve Smith, writing this morning in the Center of the Universe Times: During a panel presented recently at the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, the American Music Center and…