Great article in The New Yorker (click here). I’m mentioned in the first paragraph.
photo: Eric Stoner
Audio: Auber: Overture to ‘Fra Diavolo’
Light entertainment, perhaps, but irresistible.
March 8, 2017
Egyptian Army Orchestra destroys national anthems
Brought to you as a public service.
March 6, 2017
Audio: Josef Suk: ‘Fantasticke scherzo’
My friend Christopher Russell conducted this piece with the OCSA Symphony Orchestra the other night. Wonderful music.
March 6, 2017
Video: Darius Milhaud: ‘Scaramouche’
Martha Argerich and Cristina Marton, pianos.
March 5, 2017
1915
March 5, 2017
Review: ‘Aida’ in a sandbox
Video: Bruckner Symphony No. 4
Exceptional. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 90, conducts the Sinfonica de Galicia.
February 22, 2017
For Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, 1923-2017
February 21, 2017
Library buy
Picked this up at the local library today for a buck. Looks in good condition. Liner notes say 1960. Anyone heard it?
February 14, 2017
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