Liberated Dissonance

My experience in Danbury back weekend sent me back to my CDs of Charles Ives’s Third Symphony this week. It turns out I have accumulated mor...

I don’t often use the phrase “perfect day," but Sunday nearly qualified — sunny fall weather, congenial company, and the music of Charl...

Just posted a link to my article on Lyric Fest's upcoming program of medieval and renaissance music. The title "The Bawdy Bard...

Today I have added Tranquility Comics to my blogs list. The drawings are the work of Thomas Hinterberg, son of a friend and fellow survivor...

At left, you'll find a link to an article I just wrote on an upcoming pair of Indian classical concerts. Every so often, journalist has ...

I thought, "Ives Lives." But then I thought, Wow. "Ives Lives" should rhyme. But it doesn't. That's so freaky.

Went down to St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, after work July 12 for one of the summer carillon concerts. (St. Thomas' has one of onl...

Today I posted my first column for the paper since April - a gap of nearly three months. (The link is at left.) The dry spell began after th...

Classical music stations go in for playing American music on the Fourth of July, just as they can't resist playing Messiah at Christmas ...

Oh, what to any of us want? Benjamin Korstvedt has a clear and interesting article in The New York Times regarding the various editions of ...