[ Black Composers Series ; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor; Natalie Hinderas, piano; Sanford Allen, violin; Sony Music Custom Marketing Group DSO-1111 (2002). Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma worked closely with Maestro Paul Freeman on the CBS Black Composers Series on LP in the 1970s; parts of those recordings has been made available on this CD.] On November 3, 2009 AfriClassical...
One of my students had a baby this semester. Two weeks after a C-section, she was back in class, and two weeks later, all of her work was made up. She and her husband have been able to arrange his work schedule around her school schedule with a little help from a few sitters. I told her that if the sitter arrangement ever fell through, she could bring Junior to class, as long as she took him out
It is past midnight in Toronto after a really splendid and appropriate celebration of COC. I have much to say - so tune in tomorrow. I am on an 8.15 flight so watch this space around 11 am Sunday Chicago...
or why conductors matter. Miss Mussel was relieved to see that bloggers and journalists didn’t take the bait in regards to Phillipa Ibbotson’s thoroughly ridiculous article about the value of conductors. Poorly argued and grossly uninformed is just the tip of the iceberg. Miss Mussel is going to quit talking about it before she [...]
Apparently, when you save a draft on Blogger and publish it later, it appears under the date of the draft, not the date you clicked "publish." Had I known this, I could have compensated for my flu-induced failures by merely saving a few nonsense words as a draft on each day I missed, then returning to them later when I felt well enough to write coherently again. Oh well. The important thing...
Opera San José is proud to announce its participation in Opera America’s National Opera Week, November 13-22, 2009. An “unprecedented critical mass of opera activity in the United States,” National Opera Week will celebrate the vitality of opera in America as a contemporary cultural expression. To commemorate the occasion, Mayor Chuck Reed will be making [...]
On this day in 1989, the politburo of the SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands - or Socialist Unity Party of Germany) resigned. The Central Committee of the SED elected a new politburo and Egon Krenz (pictured in the post on 7th November) is confirmed as General Secretary.
mostly opera is now on facebookFor my part, I imagine using the group to post smaller news-segments or other things of interest, not warranting a post here. And..hopefully participate in discussions. I am (at least for the moment) not intending to start with twitter as well, hoping a facebook-group may cover some of that ground.As always, we shall see. The group is now 15 minutes old and has 2
It is always good to be back in Toronto and particularly nice to be here for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations this evening. I had an early start from Chicago and am feeling in need of a nap - so this...
Timothy Emerson is my brother, and a very fine bassoonist. If you are in the New York area check out the Willow Ensemble! Friends: Following a brief hiatus due to the necessary repairs to our regular performance space, the Willow Ensemble is back! Come join us for an evening of great chamber music in the newly-renovated [...]
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Here is my Saturday November 7 Chicago Sun-Times review of the Thursday November 5, 2009, Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert with principal conductor Bernard Haitink and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Repeated Saturday at 8 p.m. and Tuesday November 10 at 7:30 p.m....
Semyon Bychkov led the San Francisco Symphony through Rachmaninoff's The Bells and Symphony No. 2 last night at Davies. I had the good fortune of bringing my friend GG to see the orchestra perform the first time and she really enjoyed it. It was a program that would satisfy both the newcomer and the regular visitor. Rachmaninoff is one of my favorite composers and this program immediately stood out...
Niccolò Paganini was a noted Italian pianist and composer. He wrote 24 "Caprices for Solo Violin" between 1802 and 1817. He is best remembered for his Caprice No. 24 which has been used as the basis for other works by many composers ranging from Brahms to Benny Goodman to Andrew Lloyd Webber. The most famous of these variations is "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini" by Sergei...
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