It was the usual uneventful Wednesday. Not much going on besides a Netflix disc that came in the mail. That is, until this appeared in…
You may remember when the Philadelphia Orchestra endured this bit of disrespect. It’s now the Atlanta Symphony’s turn. At a recent concert billed as “Il…
Here is a clip of Pierre Boulez conducting the second movement (Fêtes) of Debussy’s Nocturnes in London back in 1968.
I came across an advert on Elance from someone who is looking for a writer with classical music knowledge. Here it is unedited: Writing Blurbs…
Riccardo Muti, Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra withdrew from his remaining performances in Chicago in October due to illness (“extreme gastric distress”) The…
Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 is tied with No. 5 for being my favorite Mahler work. So naturally when a friend told me he was going…
Composer Max Reger famously wrote to Dr. Rudolph Louis, a critic for the Münchner Neueste Nachrichten who had published a bad review on February 7,…
Aretha Franklin and Condoleezza Rice were onstage together at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts here in Philadelphia on July 27. The concert description…
American composer and conductor John Adams recently posted interesting and personal observations on Elgar’s Enigma Variations. My program notes on the Variations for the upcoming…
The late Buddy Rich is well known as an old school big band drummer. His wit won for him many appearances on the Johnny Carson…