Dental Emergency Monday
A bridge I’ve had since before most of you were born has popped out so I’m off to the dentist. Somebody write something provocative or amusing for this space. (There…
Dispatches from Around Town (Part 1 of 2)
It’s starting to look like the end of the season, and there are even more concerts than usual here in the Center to Universe to feel bad about missing. My…
Dvořák’s Lovely Lady Lumps
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Rage Against the Machine
In which the dean of composition at Eastman and the dean of music technology at Berklee demonstrate that they can’t tell the difference between recorded real orchestras conducted by Roger Norrington,…
John C. Adams, Harvard ’69
The Harvard Crimson reports on the return of a notable alumnus who has done pretty well in this composing business and had this to say about his old teacher Leon Kirchner:…
The Incredible Hipness of Carl Nielsen
For reasons I no longer remember, I had always thought of Carl Nielsen as a stodgy composer whose works were a little severe and chilly–the musical equivalent of one of Bergman’s…
Have You Seen This Man?
No? Well you should, and can, this Friday night, May 4, 8PM at the Robert Miller Gallery, 524 W. 26th Street, New York, NY on the second night of a…
Pulitzer Schmulitzer
FJO flags Terry Teachout’s WSJ piece called Jazz Wins a Pulitzer – But did Ornette Coleman deserve his prize? Thoughts?
All Around the Town
Lots of neat stuff happening this week and beyond. Pulse, the composers federation that includes our amigo Darcy James Argue will close out its 2006-2007 “season” with a new music project called Sihr Halal, Music…
An Italian in San Francisco
Italy has produced great pianists like Busoni, Michelangeli, and Pollini. Its current pianist in the running for that distinction, Marino Formenti, even hails from Pollini’s hometown, Milan, where he was…