Friday, June 14, 2013

Robert Suderburg, 1936-2013

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Somehow I missed the news that the composer Robert Suderburg died April 3. (Even Wikipedia still doesn't know.) I remember Dr. Sud...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

Composition in the 21st Century

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On June 8 I attended an informal presentation, organized by th Philadelphia Fans of Classical Music, on the wide range of concert music that...

Kennett Symphony to present program for brass and percussion

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In a piece in this week's Ticket magazine, I interview Tim Soberick, the principal trombonist of the Kennett Symphony. Tim put together...
Thursday, June 6, 2013

Grim Statistics

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled music discussion to present a few statisics on gun violence in the United States, nicely summarized by ...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Found the Quote

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In taking the hacksaw to Elliott Carter, Daniel Asia says of the rehearsals for the Concerto for Orchestra, under Leonard Bernstein: It ...
Saturday, June 1, 2013

Actually, it won't

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To follow up on my previous post: My column will not appear in the Sunday edition after all. I had to bump it to make room for another story...

My column on the Rite of Spring

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The following column will appear in the Norristown Times Herald on Sunday, June 2: The day music changed: The 100th anniversary of ‘The Ri...
Friday, May 31, 2013

My review of the latest Carter release

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Herewith the review I just posted at Amazon (I just love saying "herewith"): Bridge Records continues its extraordinary survey ...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Sonnet: May 29, 1913

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In times like these, without a certain measure (Grow up: a clock slows down as mass increases), One's self divides, as in a fractured ...
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Sunday, May 26, 2013

What they did with the body

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Alex Ross, at his own blog , posts this photo of Elliott Carter's grave: Mr. Carter is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Ros...