The choir was a mere 120 singers. The boychoir a minuscule 40. And Carnegie Hall’s electric abomination of an “organ” should be put out of its misery (three simple words on this matter for Carnegie Hall’s management and donors: Marshall and Ogletree). But what a Mahler Eighth. Pierre Boulez…
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: VII
My review of Wednesday evening’s Barenboim/SKB Mahler concert is live at Classical Source. NOTE: Blogging is likely to be on the light side for the next couple of weeks as private life intervenes.
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: A Carter Interlude and VI
My review of Monday evening’s Barenboim/SKB soloists all-Carter recital is live at Classical Source. I was not officially covering last evening’s performance of…
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: III, IV & V
Elizabeth Barnette’s review of the Staatskapelle Berlin’s third and fourth concert…
Mahlerthon @ Carnegie Hall: I, II
Off-my-usual-topics Laugh of the Day
Courtesy of the Onion News Network comes this report on hardcore Trekkies’ unanimous disappointment over JJ Abrams’ new film, “Star Trek”.
Sampson / Blaze / Blumenstock / McGegan / PBO @ Zankel Hall
My review of last Thursday’s concert is now live at Classical Source. John Boyden’s essay on what works in the UK when it comes to managing orchestras is also well worth a read.
Signs and Portents
I urge you to read Sara Robinson’s May 2 blog post at Orcinus. Both Sara and Orcinus überblogger David Neiwert – author of the must-read new book “The Eliminationists” – have done an extraordinary job of reporting and analyzing the rise of violent right-wing rhetoric and action.
Greenwald explains the Beltway Press Rules on Torture
Salon‘s Glenn Greenwald gets it. In an early morning blog post, the legal analyst and press critic spells out three rules of the Beltway elite that are shaping the so-called media “coverage” of torture:
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On the CD Player: Sensational Grainger
Wow. Just plain wow. Out of left field comes one of the best classical CDs of the year — an all-Percy Grainger program.