Shadows
This is Holy Week in the Christian tradition, and of all the ancient rites and rituals associated with this week, none is more invested with symbolism than the office of […]
Classical
1,000 and Counting…
So, somewhere in the midst of my manic blogging from SXSW last weekend, I passed a notable milestone for FoM: 1,000 posts. It's been three years since I started this
Barber @ 100
Samuel Barber, who would have turned 100 years old yesterday, is probably the most under-appreciated composer America has ever produced. Sure, everyone knows the pained, heartfelt Adagio for Strings and maybe
American Singer
Gabe Kahane, who's appeared in these pages before, is used to playing rooms like Rockwood or LPR, where you can get a drink and stand among the barstools. So, it
The Best Orchestra You’ve Never Heard
One of the very first posts I wrote for this site was in praise of a NYC visit by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra: the oldest orchestra in the world (founded
Quartets – Pt. 2
Last Saturday, the Takács Quartet – one of the worlds great string ensembles, founded in Budapest in 1975 and now in residence at the University of Colorado – played the second
Epic
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with the New York Choral Artists, The American Boychoir, Jill Grove, and Mariss Jansons, Cond. Mahler's 3rd Symphony, Carnegie Hall, 2/17/10. (More pics below.)
Take Two: Boston
I wasn't really hankering for another orchestra concert the day after seeing the PSO in Pittsburgh, but when James Levine and the Boston Symphony come to town, I can hardly keep