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The Seven Most Meaningful Compositions That I Will Love Forever — IV. STRAVINSKY: Le Sacre du Printemps (“The Rite of Spring”)
WikipediaAmazing San Francisco Symphony interactive media: "Keeping Score"Player Piano versionSomeone else's idea of what constitutes a great performance And that is exactly the kind of subjective question which sits before us today, begging for…
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The Seven Most Meaningful Compositions That I Will Love Forever — III. MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor
MAHLER, Gustav: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor (1888-1894) During my senior year of high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy, I had the rare privilege of playing Fourth Trombone in the "A" orchestra…
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Quiz of the Day
Besides Vertigo, James Stewart (whom Roger Gilbert thinks is the greatest male Hollywood actor of the pre-Brando period) and underrated screen goddess Kim Novak, god bless her, made another movie. Name it. I will…
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The Seven Most Meaningful Compositions That I Will Love Forever — II. BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van: String Quartet in C# Minor, Op. 131 (1825) It was forty years ago today … No, that can't be right — it just sounded nice! But it was like 39 or…
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Congratulations, Dick Allen, and a shout out to Amy, William, Hitch, and Jack Sullivan
The Associated Press article on Dick Allen ("Connecticut's state poet laureate") follows. You'll find a Dick Allen poem in Amy Gerstler's forthcoming selection for the 2010 edition of The Best American Poetry. Readers, please…
