classical

92 posts

1. Finally, A Non-Embarrassing Classical-Music Scene in a Blockbuster Movie - The New Yorker August 15, 2015
2. Why Can't Streaming Services Get Classical Music Right? July 13, 2015
3. Stravinsky in a Conversation June 3, 2013
4. Up in these mountains, they grow so slowly they sometimes stop growing April 15, 2013
5. Why so many of Newman’s portraits became iconic images March 21, 2013
6. Bach’s Music, Back Then and Right Now December 4, 2012
7. BWV 849 | Philip Engel | The Hypocrite Reader November 14, 2012
8. The Case for Allowing Richard Wagner's Music to be Performed in Israel : The New Yorker September 26, 2012
9. Steve Reich’s Tape Piece “Come Out” July 9, 2012
10. Why I Hate The 'Goldberg Variations' : NPR March 21, 2012
11. Flight of the Concord: The perils of the recording studio by Jeremy Denk - The New Yorker February 8, 2012
12. Last Notes: The wild, sublime music that composers write on their deathbeds. - Slate Magazine December 5, 2011
13. I come from a classical background August 1, 2011
14. The concert hall is one of the few places where we become unreachable, where… June 30, 2011
15. Catherine Christer Hennix - The Electric Harpsichord [1976] June 7, 2011
16. Igor Stravinsky: Cowboy April 15, 2011
17. Meadowlark Lemons.: James Brown and Wagner: Tension and Release April 12, 2011
18. Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.3 in E-flat major, Op.55 “Eroica” April 7, 2011
19. Tehillim by Steve Reich, performed last night by Asko|Schönberg and Synergy… April 4, 2011
20. Clapping Music - Animation March 30, 2011
21. The greatest audience comment ever recorded is, I think, a remark overheard… March 28, 2011
22. Glenn Gould, March 1955, at the Columbia studio in New York during… March 11, 2011
23. When the Crescendo Is the Least of Your Worries by Christopher R. Graham - The Morning News February 10, 2011
24. Steve Reich’s “Clapping Music” performed by Lee Marvin and Angela Dickinson February 4, 2011
25. I frequently hear music in the very heart of the noise… January 7, 2011
26. La Mantovana - Wikipedia December 15, 2010
27. Poignance Measured in Digits - New York Times December 1, 2010
28. James Kibbie - Bach Organ Works November 22, 2010
29. George Gershwin November 17, 2010
30. Self-portrait by Darius Milhaud, owned by Dave and Iola Brubeck November 17, 2010
31. Classical Fans Tell Stories Of 'First Loves' : Deceptive Cadence : NPR October 29, 2010
32. Peanuts, March 25, 1952 by Charles Schulz October 20, 2010
33. Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould October 14, 2010
34. Leonard Bernstein’s score of former Philharmonic music director Gustav… October 1, 2010
35. 1-Bit Symphony August 12, 2010
36. Dr. Dre To Release Instrumental Hip-Hop Album About The Solar System | Gigwise August 5, 2010
37. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year’s answer might not do… July 29, 2010
38. Edgard Varèse does jazz July 22, 2010
39. The Große Fuge Will Be Contemporary Forever July 20, 2010
40. A lovely little infographic from Neven Mrgan, comparing the durations of Gould… June 9, 2010
41. From Kircher’s Musurgia Universalis: Birds!! April 28, 2010
42. Score for “Piano Etudes” (2009) by Jason Freeman April 23, 2010
43. Tom & Jerry - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 March 8, 2010
44. Why you've never really heard the "Moonlight" Sonata. - By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine March 3, 2010
45. Oscar Levant daydreams a total performance of Gershwin’s Concerto in F.… February 14, 2010
46. “Music for Pieces of Wood” by Steve Reich February 1, 2010
47. Beethoven’s laptop January 25, 2010
48. King Cotton March January 21, 2010
49. Study for Metastaseis, c. 1953 January 14, 2010
50. The Magic Flute January 8, 2010
51. An Eroica Project December 17, 2009
52. Passacaglia in C Minor December 7, 2009
53. John Adams Re-Imagines the Hymn : NPR November 18, 2009
54. How to play piano like Philip Glass November 6, 2009
55. Brook Farm group was among the first to hear Beethoven’s brilliance - The Boston Globe October 25, 2009
56. Score for “Belle, Bonne, Sage” ( lyrics), a song with eye music by Baude… October 15, 2009
57. Unquiet Thoughts October 15, 2009
58. Trois Gnossiennes October 14, 2009
59. Peanuts, November 25, 1951 October 2, 2009
60. Score for Clapping Music by Steve Reich September 28, 2009
61. Birds on the Wires on Vimeo September 8, 2009
62. The first movement of Bach’s Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor (BWV 1001) August 26, 2009
63. Art Tatum goofs around with Dvorak’s Humoresque No. 7 in G flat major August 11, 2009
64. Pachelbel Rant, about being bored out of your mind on cello + the chord… August 5, 2009
65. Mahler Trinkets via Alex Ross June 9, 2009
66. Mahler Grooves June 9, 2009
67. They skipped a few minutes’ worth of the opening toccata section, but man, how… May 27, 2009
68. A Late-Night Infomercial for Twelve-Tone Greatest Hits May 9, 2009
69. Steve Reich: City Life - Part 1 “Check it out” May 8, 2009
70. My homeboy Steve Reich won a Pulitzer April 23, 2009
71. I love this post about measuring whether an artist is under- or over-valued April 15, 2009
72. A collection of tweet-length opera synopses March 30, 2009
73. I can't believe that people really prefer to go to the concert hall under… March 17, 2009
74. Stravinsky on remix and love March 15, 2009
75. About a dozen years ago, Björk interviewed composer Arvo Pärt March 1, 2009
76. The twelve composers of Christmas December 9, 2008
77. Doctor Atomic at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra November 24, 2008
78. the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is giving away a symphony every day October 21, 2008
79. Remembering the genius whom Stanley Kubrick stole music from July 30, 2008
80. András Schiff’s Lectures on Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas July 15, 2008
81. Classical and pop reviews 2 July 13, 2008
82. Classical vs. pop music reviews June 29, 2008
83. Bedřich Smetana in a Czech Beer Commercial June 2, 2008
84. La Scala is going to stage an operatic version of An Inconvenient Truth June 2, 2008
85. Fringe just finished up their first season May 22, 2008
86. Alex Ross writes about the life and music of John Luther Adams May 5, 2008
87. John Mark Harris April 16, 2008
88. farcical English translation, with soundtrack, of O Fortuna March 12, 2008
89. Leopold Stokowski February 11, 2008
90. taming iTunes for classical music January 20, 2008
91. playing unfettered November 11, 2007
92. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross I've been pining for this book since March October 26, 2007