Classical

Apologies to regular readers for my relative scarceness over the past week, but I have been dealing with the recent passing of my grandmother, with whom I was very close.

57th Annual Marlboro Music Festival, Marlboro, VT, 7/29/07   "Marlboro was the place where I decided to become a musician…The four summers I spent there were great formative experiences. It

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) "Intimations of divinity can be found in classical music, in which I think there is a sort of human holiness.” (from "Bergman Island," 2006) "His use of

The weather held up yesterday, and the picnickers were out in force at Tanglewood, the storied summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and home of the Tanglewood Music Center,

A funny thing happened to Brooklyn Philharmonic music director Michael Christie on his way home from the 8 Seasons concert Friday night. He stopped off for a beer at Eammon

I vaguely remember the Berlioz Le Corsaire overture and Mendelssohn Violin Concerto from last night’s New York Philharmonic concert in Prospect Park (I was being social), but I sat up

The New York Philharmonic returns for its annual free parks concerts this week, with tonight’s appearance in Prospect Park featuring Ludovic Morlot conducting a Berlioz overture, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto (with

Once upon a time, I had a dream of recruiting Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music students to play chamber music concerts at Billyburg clubs like Pete’s Candy Store and