Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette has an interesting post up on her blog this week about an odd sort of groupthink that frequently seems to permeate the classical music world: “Why do we all have to like the same … Continue reading →
…in the form of a musical glass duo playing “Il vecchio castello” (“The Old Castle”) in, well, an old castle, the Hunyad Castle (Castelul Corvinilor) in Hunedoara, Romania, site of the imprisonment of Vlad III of Wallachia (more commonly remembered … Continue reading →
It’s been two months since we last did an Ask the Expert post, and season ticket holder Judy Kinsey has a question that I’m actually surprised hasn’t come up on the blog before now: Q: I noticed, but didn’t really … Continue reading →
Apologies from me as well for being a spotty blogger, although I can’t claim Aho as an excuse. Instead, it’s been a couple of days that reminds me how flexible and versatile my job requires me to be. This weekend … Continue reading →
In case you’re wondering about the blog silence over the last several days, it’s largely a result of just how busy this particular chunk of the season is for the orchestra. We’re in the final weeks of what we oddly … Continue reading →
Hey, who needs a break from all the doom and gloom that’s been dominating the music biz lately? I do, for one, and a comment on a recent post (from a gentleman who believes that new music has been useless … Continue reading →
An interesting exchange recently about arts education regarding an Ofsted report on art in primary and secondary schools and artist David Hockney (whose work I’ve know since I was a kid – his stage set for L’enfant et le sortilege … Continue reading →
The great political satirist Molly Ivins once wrote that there was nothing in the world so irritating as someone who stops in the middle of a perfectly good argument to insist that everyone define his terms. So you have my … Continue reading →
Sarah’s written recently about the subtle and not-so-subtle differences in the playing styles of various orchestras, and about how ingrained the performance culture of a single orchestra can become in each of that ensemble’s musicians. Since most of us spend … Continue reading →
If you thought a Klingon opera was weird, try this on for size: an opera sung underwater. Opera, perhaps because of it’s theatrical elements, has often been more cutting-edge than orchestral music, a trend that has become more notable as … Continue reading →
