Well, now. Two shows and one abjectly terrifying live radio broadcast in the books, and here we are at After Hours. Your turn, Friday crowd: whether you attended tonight’s concert at Orchestra Hall, or listened in on Minnesota Public Radio, … Continue reading →
Okay, Thursday crowd, here’s the place for you to let us know what you thought of tonight’s Beethoven Pastoral show. This concert was a bit of a departure for us – fewer visual gags (mainly because of the radio thing,) … Continue reading →
Yes, Sam and I are hours away from our first Inside the Classics show – we finished our second rehearsal this morning and now I’m home for a few hours of script touch-ups and last minute prep. As Sam said, … Continue reading →
I don’t know whether it’s the hectic pace that this fall seems to have brought to Orchestra Hall, or just the fact that Sarah and I are three years into our Inside the Classics careers at this point, but we’ve … Continue reading →
A busy, busy, busy week (and last week was, too!). We opened our US Bank Pops series with Broadway Rocks last Friday, a Sampler on Saturday, and numerous Inside the Classics meetings scattered throughout the week. On deck this week; … Continue reading →
Roger Connolly sent in a question that I was somewhat surprised to realize I might know the answer to: Q: Was there a popular song based on Tchaikovskys 5th Symphony, 2nd movement, other than Moon Love by Glenn Miller? I … Continue reading →
One of my favorite young composers, Nico Muhly, was writing last week about the marked differences between working with instrumentalists and singers (specifically, opera singers,) and his take made me think about the seemingly widening gulf between the concert hall … Continue reading →
Speaking of acoustics, here’s another interesting bit on sound and hearing. Although it comes as no surprise! One caveat; musicians sometimes have to contend with the very real possibility of hearing loss associated with instrument-induced damaged.
Washington Post music critic Anne Midgette has an interesting post up on her blog today concerning concert hall acoustics and how much of a difference they really make to an orchestra’s sound. Specifically, she mentions that the Kennedy Center Concert … Continue reading →
Wow, you guys! When I put up that little contest that week, I had no idea how many of you would take the time to enter, and I never expected submissions of the quality we got! Good on all of … Continue reading →
