Composer Rebuses
Rebuses (with hints and solutions)
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
Shostakovich States: “Masters are playing.”
Formed in 1922 as the Moscow Conservatory Quartet, the Beethoven got its permanent name in 1931 along with recognition as the top Soviet quartet — seven years before Shostakovich wrote his first.
Mozart and Tan Dun at the Met (with a Detour to China)
Presumably change comes slowly to venerable institutions, especially when art, tradition and money collide.
Mozart and Tan Dun at the Met (with a Detour to China)
Presumably change comes slowly to venerable institutions, especially when art, tradition and money collide.
A Performer’s Survey of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Part 2
Closer to my performance date and under a heightened sense of purpose, I offer a few ideas on Variations 11-20.
A Performer’s Survey of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Part 2
Closer to my performance date and under a heightened sense of purpose, I offer a few ideas on Variations 11-20.
Fulbright Phooey! Part 3
Things have been getting better over the last few weeks. Once the grant came through, we went to Sri Lanka to get new visas.
Fulbright Phooey! Part 3
Things have been getting better over the last few weeks. Once the grant came through, we went to Sri Lanka to get new visas.
Mostly Symphonies 4.
Sturm und Drang is back. You read it here first. We’re teetering on a new age’s cusp guaranteed to perturb old-timers who survived the historically informed practice movement.
Mostly Symphonies 4.
Sturm und Drang is back. You read it here first. We’re teetering on a new age’s cusp guaranteed to perturb old-timers who survived the historically informed practice movement.
Fulbright Phooey! Part 2
Welcome to the second installment of “Lost in India.”
Fulbright Phooey! Part 1
Hello and welcome to the first installment from India.
A Performer’s Survey of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Part 1
I am emerging slowly from a state of suspended disbelief concerning my performance of the Bach Goldberg Variations.
A Performer’s Survey of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Part 1
I am emerging slowly from a state of suspended disbelief concerning my performance of the Bach Goldberg Variations.
Wilson Audio’s WATT / Puppy 8: Follow-Up
What a difference a room can make!
Letter from the Provinces: Countdown and Wrap-up
As Tower went down for the count, I found myself giving them money yet again.
Letter from the Provinces: Countdown and Wrap-up
As Tower went down for the count, I found myself giving them money yet again.
New and Essential Xenakis, Part 2
In the extra interview on mode’s La Légende d’Eer DVD, Xenakis states that instrumental and electroacoustic composition pose different problems, and woe betide the composer who attempts to combine them.
New and Essential Xenakis, Part 2
In the extra interview on mode’s La Légende d’Eer DVD, Xenakis states that instrumental and electroacoustic composition pose different problems, and woe betide the composer who attempts to combine them.