Articles by Year: La Folia, 2003.
Further Thoughts on Authenticity
The fashionable trashing of the historically informed performance (HIP) is, when not hubris, based on false premises…
Further Thoughts on Authenticity
The fashionable trashing of the historically informed performance (HIP) is, when not hubris, based on false premises…
And Who Exactly Is Sorabji?
The question may well have been asked in polite musical circles (whatever they are) some 30 years ago.
And Who Exactly Is Sorabji?
The question may well have been asked in polite musical circles (whatever they are) some 30 years ago.
A Brief Look at Chopin’s Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
The Ballade comes in on a cloud, builds to a lightning storm keeping its center — the power of ppa melody spoken once, again, a third time, renewing truth with three tolls of a bell.
A Brief Look at Chopin’s Ballade in F minor, Op. 52
The Ballade comes in on a cloud, builds to a lightning storm keeping its center — the power of ppa melody spoken once, again, a third time, renewing truth with three tolls of a bell.
Another WHRB Spring Orgy
Last year I wrote about WHRB’s Spring 2003 Orgy, when this local, college-affiliated station devotes long consecutive hours to all of a given band’s recordings or composer’s works, as close to complete as recording allows.
Another WHRB Spring Orgy
Last year I wrote about WHRB’s Spring 2003 Orgy, when this local, college-affiliated station devotes long consecutive hours to all of a given band’s recordings or composer’s works, as close to complete as recording allows.
Unfamiliar Masters
…Lieberson labels this collection a “snapshot autobiography.” We get crisp and clear — and a tad severe — performances of eight works spanning 26 years.
Unfamiliar Masters
…Lieberson labels this collection a “snapshot autobiography.” We get crisp and clear — and a tad severe — performances of eight works spanning 26 years.
Dear La Folia 10.
I am Black Point’s foremost collector of Bach’s Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen.
Dear La Folia 10.
I am Black Point’s foremost collector of Bach’s Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen.
From the Archives: Casals, Furtwängler, and More
Historical performance buffs never had it so good. The sheer variety of reissued recordings and newly issued live performances from the past century can sometimes seem overwhelming.
From the Archives: Casals, Furtwängler, and More
Historical performance buffs never had it so good. The sheer variety of reissued recordings and newly issued live performances from the past century can sometimes seem overwhelming.
Beware of Musicians in Historians’ Clothing
When it comes to Baroque performance practices, a lot of what passes for “history” is just one performer’s view of things as he or she sees them.
Beware of Musicians in Historians’ Clothing
When it comes to Baroque performance practices, a lot of what passes for “history” is just one performer’s view of things as he or she sees them.
A View From the Green Room
“A mirror ringed in G.E. bulbs —
hopped up, I shimmy into
black velvet.”
A View From the Green Room
“A mirror ringed in G.E. bulbs —
hopped up, I shimmy into
black velvet.”
Dear La Folia 9.
Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…
Dear La Folia 9.
Thinking back to my last missive and your parenthetical comment, I withheld the brand name of the DAC I was auditioning…
Tea and Alchemy
One very good and convenient thing about performing a modern composer’s music is one’s ability to kvetch directly to the source.
Tea and Alchemy
One very good and convenient thing about performing a modern composer’s music is one’s ability to kvetch directly to the source.
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.
Things That Are Not Quite What They Seem
Humor in music is a delicate business. Everybody involved — composer, performer and audience — must be familiar with a library’s worth of background in order to savor a moment-long gag.