Portman at the Proms, Beaudoin at the Arcola
In England the last Monday in August is a Bank Holiday, and is more or less equivalent to Labor Day in the U.S. in being the last holiday of the…
Morricone Speaks
I’m sure I wasn’t the only S21 reader pleased when Ennio Morricone received a lifetime achievement Oscar earlier this year. Recently he chatted with CNN. At one point he advises…
I Know I Am
As those of you who come round here regularly know, I’m not a composer or musician but I am an experienced listener with limited patience for things that take too…
Quitting Just Ain’t My Schtick
Rodney has been doing such a great job with the Proms that it’s given me time to finish one of my new projects–the Cleantech Collective, a social community for people…
John Adams at the Proms
The Prom concert on Tuesday night was given by the BBC Symphony and John Adams, with pianist Olli Mustonen. The big event of the evening was the first performance of…
The Future of Music in 5 & 50:
What will music sound like in 50 years? What will your music sound like in 5 years? Back in 1994, these composers weighed in on what music would be like…
Some Proms
On Aug 9 The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conducted by David Atherton, presented the first performance of …onyt agoraf y drws…(…unless I open the door…) by Welsh composer Guto…
Programming Note
9 P.M. (Lifetime) LOVE NOTES When a classical music critic becomes pregnant from a fling with (gasp!) a country-music singer, she decides to give her baby to her infertile best…
Steve’s click picks #34
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…
Nitin Sawhney at the Proms
The Prom concert on Saturday night, August 11, featured the music of Nitin Sawhney exclusively. I have to confess that I did not know who Sawhney was, which is an…