The NY Times reports that the New York Philharmonic has offered its principal clarinet seat, vacant since the retirement of Stanley Drucker, to Philadelphia Orchestra principal Ricardo Morales. Much as I would love to see him with the Philharmonic, his defection would prove another blow to the financially-buffeted Philadelphians.
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Kalmen Opperman, 1919-2010
Now that’s some pretty lousy news to wake up to if you’re a clarinetist, active or recovering (as in my case). Read Charles Strum’s NY Times obituary of one of the great American musical pedagogues — including reminiscences from Richard Stoltzman.
Cheap Thrills: Outstanding Recent Budget CDs
I know, I know — the market for music recordings is in flux if not chaos, and there are growing indications that downloads are finally starting to hit the head of a “tipping point” among the non-teen-and-college-age demographic. And yes, a growing share of my own acquisitions are file downloads. But for the most part I remain an unreconstructed consumer knuckledragger who orders finished product online, bids on scarce audio gratification in disc formaat on eBay, and frequents the handful of well-stocked “record stores” left in Manhattan.
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