[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8Qt0M5Vt9I] As promised, another installment in my food/instrument/Japanese madness series.
Here are three more audio samples from our Inside the Classics season finale. First, a bit of history on Copland’s political moorings, followed by a full performance of his immortal Fanfare for the Common Man… Next, following our brief sample … Continue reading →
I hope you’ve had a chance to listen to the Mischke Broadcast on Sam’s latest post; there are some really astute observations about the Orchestra and some great questions posed to the group of musicians who chatted with Mischke post-rehearsal. … Continue reading →
Anyone who knows the radio scene in the Twin Cities knows about Tommy Mischke, the self-styled Broadcast Outcast, KSTP’s homegrown radio anarchist who made his name hurling all manner of brilliant nonsense into the night air where it was picked … Continue reading →
So, way back at the beginning of this month, I promised that I’d put up some of the audio samples people had been requesting from our Copland show once I had a recording of the concerts in hand. Sorry to … Continue reading →
A recent Star Tribue article about the ranking of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul airport in a survey of 60 airports (dead last in customer satisfaction). I do a fair amount of traveling on multiple airlines to multiple destinations. A quick review … Continue reading →
All-purpose columnist Joel Stein has a funny piece in the LA Times today in which he endeavors, as part of a larger plan to become “an intolerable old man,” to learn the tricks of the trade behind being a classical … Continue reading →
We’re inordinately proud at the announcement this past Monday of a BMI foundation “Outstanding Musical Citizen Award” that went to our very own Beth Cowart and Aaron Kernis for their work as co-directors of the Minnesota Orchestra Composers Institute. The … Continue reading →
Sarah has written before about the unmistakable link between musicians and cooking, and this past Sunday, as I was scouring the wires for orchestra news to plug into ArtsJournal‘s weekend edition, I came across a piece from Paul Horsley, music … Continue reading →
Yesterday the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, a local community orchestra led by Minnesota Orchestra acting associate principal bassist Bill Schrickel premiered a piece by Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vanska entitlted “The Bridge”. A nice story, and one discussed in this … Continue reading →
