Letter from Boston: Ghosts, yearning, time, the sea, and the Globe
From H.H. Stuckenschmidt, “Arnold Schoenberg: His Life, World and Work,” translated by Humphrey Searle (New York: Schirmer Books, 1977): ”…
Free CDs
In my continuing efforts to find volunteer reviewers who will actually write reviews, this is my latest tack. All of the wonderful…
Please Feed Ian Moss!!!!
Ian Moss is hungry. (Scroll down the page and look to the right. You’ll see.) Ian Moss is hungry .…
Sonic Beatings in Boston
Should you find yourself in the vicinity of Williams Hall at the New England Conservatory tonight at 8:30, the Callithumpian Consort…
An Orchestra Blooms in Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra announced the schedule yesterday for its usual four concerts at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and there’s great news…
Jihadists 1, Mozart 0
Deutsche Oper said it will scrap planned showings of Mozart’s Idomeneo because of warnings by Berlin security officials that a scene in…
Malcolm Arnold, 84
Malcolm Arnold died over the weekend. He was a deeply troubled man who had a remarkably productive life against the odds. He was,…
What to Wear is Boffo in La La Land
Mark Swed, who is (perhaps wisely) ignoring our attempts to stir up trouble over his incoherent Jefferson Friedman review last…
Loose Ends
Alex Ross has a moving tribute to Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in this week’s New Yorker. “She was the most remarkable…