There is also a audio version of this story! Check it out here or click the audio player at the top of this post! Driving the Conductor Crazy This is a story about an unfortunate concert experience that one of the former members of The Louisville Orchestra told me a...
I stumbled upon the Basso Moderno Duo while clicking around, and the fact that they were playing a piece written by Yoko Ono immediately intrigued me. Here is information on the duo from their website: The Basso Moderno Duo has commissioned over one hundred lyrical...
On An Overgrown Path recently highlighted a Milwaukee Journal article by music writer Tom Strini. Tom makes some interesting points in this article on the target demographic of classical music and the lack of cultural centrality of this music. Here is an excerpt from...
Some people remarked on my use of the term ‘chud’ when describing former Chicago Symphony Orchestra conductor Daniel Barenboim in a recent post. I was kidding around with the term, but in case anyone was wondering about the exact definition, here it is...
David Ballam sent me a link to a video of Edicson Ruiz of the Berlin Philharmonic performing the Concerto for Double Bass by Lars-Erik Larsson. The conductor in the video is Eduardo Marturet. What an amazing player! You will have to use (the dreaded) Real Player to...
