For eight of the nine years I’ve spent in Minnesota, I had a part-time side job as a news editor at ArtsJournal.com, the arts news clearinghouse that, not coincidentally, provides our blog’s news feed. Basically, my job involved getting up … Continue reading →
…says Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman, causing great commotion in Disney Hall. Art and politics are uneasy, if constant, bedfellows. I for one don’t begrudge the opportunity (quite literally, a stage!) to air one’s views (as do others); I only wonder … Continue reading →
Sarah and I have mentioned once or twice before that, despite being a global industry, the music world actually feels very small, and you tend, over the course of your career, to run into the same folks over and over, … Continue reading →
We’re playing the Bruch violin concerto on this week’s concerts with superstar violinist Leila Josefowicz, which is presenting an unusual opportunity for those of us in the orchestra to compare how two different musicians approach the same piece. Ordinarily, a … Continue reading →
I’m a little disappointed to be missing the Orchestra’s Carnegie concert, but schedule intervenes, and after this week I won’t be back to the Twin Cities until well into June. In the interim I get to spend a couple of … Continue reading →
The 2009 Pulitzer Prizes were announced the other day, and fans of minimalist uber-composer Steve Reich are rejoicing that their man has finally been honored. Reich, whose “Clapping Music” was responsible for changing the way a huge number of people … Continue reading →
Every April, orchestra consultant and tireless analyzer of all things classical Drew McManus gives his blog over to an event he calls Take A Friend To the Orchestra Month. Throughout the month, he solicits guest editorials from folks all over … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to this contortionist version of the Andrews Sisters? And what does “Solid Potato Salad” mean? Questions aside, it’s three minutes and fifty seconds well spent – I particularly like their big close. Hang in there until the one-minute … Continue reading →
Before I get started, Happy Tax Day! (OK, fine, it’s not a happy day for the vast majority of us, but now at least we’ll be done with it for another year.) An interesting article in the New York Times … Continue reading →
If you’ve ever been sent into a trance by the music of minimalists like Philip Glass and Steve Reich, and wondered just how they create that mesmerizing effect with nothing looping snippets of music, this site is for you. Part … Continue reading →
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