Immersed in Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5 — and don’t want to leave it.
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December 20, 2017 • 10:50 am Comments Off on Cellist Jan Vogler and His Trio Venture into “New Worlds” with Bill Murray
Cellist Jan Vogler and His Trio Venture into “New Worlds” with Bill Murray
My latest for Strings magazine (October issue):
Chamber music is all about knowing how to forge close partnerships. For the world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler, that instinct includes connecting to artists beyond the classical-music sphere. But he didn’t expect a serendipitous encounter with Bill Murray to lead to one of the most innovative projects he has ever undertaken.
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December 16, 2017 • 1:09 am Comments Off on Beethoven at 247
Beethoven at 247
For Beethoven’s (conventionally celebrated) birthday, listening to one of my favorites:
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December 14, 2017 • 10:23 am Comments Off on John Adams, with Strings Attached
John Adams, with Strings Attached
John Adams. Photo by Margaretta Mitchell
My new John Adams profile for Strings is now available online:
In the contemporary music world, writing opera tends to generate the sexiest headlines and, at least temporarily, to garner more widespread attention….
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December 10, 2017 • 9:09 am Comments Off on Bach Motets
Bach Motets
This evening the Los Angeles Master Chorale performs the six Bach Motets, as Associate Conductor Jenny Wong makes her solo conducting debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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December 6, 2017 • 9:42 pm Comments Off on Conrad Tao: Leaving the Comfort Zone
Conrad Tao: Leaving the Comfort Zone
Conrad Tao is performing Thursday night with the Berkeley Symphony.
My new profile of pianist and composer Conrad Tao for Steinway is now online:
HIS NAME HASN’T changed, but mentally splicing the twenty-three-year-old Conrad Tao with the child prodigy who first came before the general public more than a decade ago is likely to make you do a double take.
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