Elliott Carter on the Big Screen
Elliott Carter passed through these parts when, last month, the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the composer’s Micromicón and Symphonia.
Elliott Carter on the Big Screen
Elliott Carter passed through these parts when, last month, the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the composer’s Micromicón and Symphonia.
The Listening Room
“A friend of mine designed a listening room, A place where foliage and music bloom”
The Listening Room
“A friend of mine designed a listening room, A place where foliage and music bloom”
Wittgenstein’s Music, Music’s Wittgenstein, and Josef Labor
Commenting upon Wittgenstein’s indifference, observers have wondered why the famously arrogant thinker who attempted to infuse philosophy with logic didn’t find Schoenberg’s 12-tone system attractive.
Wittgenstein’s Music, Music’s Wittgenstein, and Josef Labor
Commenting upon Wittgenstein’s indifference, observers have wondered why the famously arrogant thinker who attempted to infuse philosophy with logic didn’t find Schoenberg’s 12-tone system attractive.
A Concert in Vienna, 1944
“The hall was frigid, and the audience, Dressed for early winter, kept their coats”
A Concert in Vienna, 1944
“The hall was frigid, and the audience, Dressed for early winter, kept their coats”
Thinking About Helmut Lachenmann, with Recommended Recordings
Helmut Lachenmann, the German composer born in Stuttgart in 1935, has been at the center of musical debates for nearly four decades and remains there, undaunted, today.
Thinking About Helmut Lachenmann, with Recommended Recordings
Helmut Lachenmann, the German composer born in Stuttgart in 1935, has been at the center of musical debates for nearly four decades and remains there, undaunted, today.
Wagner’s Ring Tones
A bit of non-music blather on the ray-de-oh announced that, globally, the customized cell-phone ring business is a $3.1-billion industry.
Wagner’s Ring Tones
A bit of non-music blather on the ray-de-oh announced that, globally, the customized cell-phone ring business is a $3.1-billion industry.
Transcendentalist Studies: Aimard, Hamelin, Mayer, Mead Tackle Ives’ Concord Sonata
From the year of its publication, the sonata has infuriated as much as it intrigues. Many have attacked the music’s impracticality and presumptuousness. It is, in fact, a monster on the page.
Transcendentalist Studies: Aimard, Hamelin, Mayer, Mead Tackle Ives’ Concord Sonata
From the year of its publication, the sonata has infuriated as much as it intrigues. Many have attacked the music’s impracticality and presumptuousness. It is, in fact, a monster on the page.
Alex Ross Among the Germans
On Alex Ross’ “Ghost Sonata: Adorno and German Music.”
Notes from the Great Vacuum
These days, recordings provide my musical nourishment, with live music as a special occasion. In CDs I look for near-perfection, something satisfyingly well-done that will sustain my interest on repeated hearings.
Notes from the Great Vacuum
These days, recordings provide my musical nourishment, with live music as a special occasion. In CDs I look for near-perfection, something satisfyingly well-done that will sustain my interest on repeated hearings.
Late-Night Musings on a Late Sonata
Inside Beethoven’s sonata one manages a multifaceted, far-ranging and profound beauty of sound, emotion and idea.
Late-Night Musings on a Late Sonata
Inside Beethoven’s sonata one manages a multifaceted, far-ranging and profound beauty of sound, emotion and idea.
Project Notes, Part 28b
At the edge of a neglected cemetery facing the sea, provide 12 pianists with copies of the European Union’s Constitution transcribed into Morse code.
Project Notes, Part 28b
At the edge of a neglected cemetery facing the sea, provide 12 pianists with copies of the European Union’s Constitution transcribed into Morse code.
Silent Running Audio’s Ohio Class Isolation Platforms
As a matter of personal interest, those aspects of audio that most fascinate have generated the greatest controversy.
Silent Running Audio’s Ohio Class Isolation Platforms
As a matter of personal interest, those aspects of audio that most fascinate have generated the greatest controversy.