The December issue of the newsletter I write for Pacific Symphony has been published.
Pacific Overtures. December, 2017.
Interview: Conductor Anu Tali
The Estonian musician makes her debut with Pacific Symphony this week.
Interview: Conductor Anu Tali. Pacific Symphony Blog, Nov. 22, 2017.
Happy Thanksgiving
Carlo Maria Giulini conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony. Happy Thanksgiving.
Egyptian army orchestra destroys national anthems (redux)
This very popular video is back.
Review: Dover Quartet plays ‘Voices of Defiance’
Review: Dover Quartet plays ‘Voices of Defiance,’ music by Ullmann, Laks and Shostakovich. Pacific Symphony Blog, Nov. 10, 2017.
Audio: Stan Kenton: ‘The Peanut Vendor’
Another version. Resistance is futile.
Carl St.Clair, Pacific Symphony perform Bruckner’s Symphony No. 8
Interview: Carl St.Clair takes on Bruckner 8. Pacific Symphony Blog, Nov. 2, 2017.
Review: ‘The Consul’ at Long Beach Opera
Review: Patricia Racette makes role debut in ‘The Consul’ at Long Beach Opera. Opera News, November, 2017.
Audio: ‘The Peanut Vendor’
The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet (featuring J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding) perform “The Peanut Vendor.” Startling use of dissonance beginning at 1’22”.
Great moments in film music: Laurel and Hardy
This stuff never gets old. A nicely done compilation, and good use of music: “The Muskrat Ramble,” the Habanera from “Carmen,” and the “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka.”
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