Marvin’s Excellent 24-Hour New Music Marathon
Our gaucho amigo Marvin Rosen is the most innovative and knowledgeable music programmer in the universe but who knew that he aspired to become the new music world’s Jerry Lewis?…
Andrew Imbrie, 86
I was late getting to the Times today and just noticed that Andrew Imbrie has died. Joshua Kosman’s obituary is here. Robert P. Commanday remembers him here. Imbrie wasn’t nearly…
Dispatch from Miller: Elliott Carter’s “What Next?”
Emerging from Elliott Carter’s “What Next?” for me paralleled uncannily the experience of the characters onstage, all of whom have just endured “some kind of accident” whose significance and impact,…
Karlheinz Stockhausen, 1928-2007
recieved at the Canadian Eletroacoustic mail-list: PRESS RELEASE The composer Karlheinz Stockhausen passed away on December 5th 2007 at his home in Kuerten-Kettenberg and will be buried in the Waldfriedhof…
H. Wiley Hitchcock, 1923-2007
The great American Musicologist H. Wiley Hitchcock died early on Wednesday morning (December 5, 2007) after a long illness. Hitchcock started his career in musicology studying French and Italian Baroque…
Unsung Heroes of the Industry
Don’t miss this piece in last Sunday’s LA Times about recording engineers for classical music. As the author, Constance Meyer, says, popular music engineers and producers are often famous in…
Last Night in L.A.: “Primitive Force”
Our revivified Monday Evening Concerts opened its second season of its new life last night. This was an evening of MEC as we had been hoping for. The program gave…
Steve’s click picks #41
Our regular listen to and look at living, breathing composers and performers that you may not know yet, but I know you should… And can, right here and now, with…
Sounds Postitively…Anti-Social
Dear Jerry, You are cordially invited to a program featuring the music of Pat Muchmore as performed by the erstwhile and talented members of Anti-Social Music. The gala shall be…
Making a List
It’s that time of year again when critics make lists. The New York Times musical luminaries have made their choices which include, by the way, a couple of items on…