Les
I only got to see Les Paul once during the many, many Mondays he played at Iridium over the past 13 years (he preceded that with a 12 year run at the […]
Multi-tasking
Done right, there is no more impressive sight onstage than seeing a great concert pianist leading an orchestra from their instrument. A few years ago, I saw Murray Perahia play
The Farm
I had some spare time on my way back from the Berkshires this afternoon, just enough to take a (not so) brief detour to Bethel, NY, site of the Woodstock
These Kids Are Alright
Whatever Augusta Read Thomas programmed for Tanglewood's 45th Festival of Contemporary Music was inevitably going to be a letdown from last year's wall-to-wall Elliott Carter fest. Yet, in many ways, it
One-Hit Wonder
Carl Orff wrote six operas, ten pieces of incidental theater music, and a highly-regarded series of instructional works for young musicians. He also wrote a trilogy of staged cantatas called
Pops Kings
I'm fairly certain that my earliest experience hearing an orchestra was seeing Arthur Fiedler conduct the Boston Pops on PBS. I was about five years old. I don't remember most of what they