“There’s a widespread idea in the general culture that classical music is “smart,” and that it requires a certain amount of knowledge to appreciate. And yet the level on which it’s generally apprehended, as outlined above, is not particularly smart at all.”
via The Classical Beat – Form and content.
I actually don’t agree with a good [...]
Here’s a recording of my “Was War” for string quartet. Pretentious or not, the title is both English and German (meaning “what was”). I wanted to upload it to this page or my reverbnation page but the file is too large for either/both. (Grr!) Oh well.
The score of this piece is available here: http://www.ornette.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Was-War-for-String-Quartet.pdf If [...]
No, this widget doesn’t have all my available tunes. That can be found here. But, for whatever it’s worth, here’s yet another way to click and hear a ditty or two.
Alan Gilbert takes over the New York Philharmonic : The New Yorker.
This is an exciting development, and of course one that makes me wish I could spend more time in Avery Fisher, not to mention in NYC in general. It would be nice if the NYPhil could become a significant force in modern music again.
via Esa-Pekka Salonen: L.A. has been in good hands – Los Angeles Times.
Excellent piece on Esa-Pekka in today’s LA Times.
I’ve started recopying and uploading to the Sibelius site. I really am loving this program and the site is a great way to find and download scores. A few up now, but and more coming soon.
You can find my work here: http://members.sibeliusmusic.com/goldkind
Click above on “SCORES” for new scores (in pdf format), including the complete score to my First Symphony (3 Movements for Orchestra).
I know this blog is supposed to be about matters besides Infinite Space, but blogging about my gradual re-entry of old scores into Sibelius wouldn’t be all that interesting, right?
So at least I have this good news to post. Infinite Space has been accepted to more festivals! In addition to its Palm Springs [...]
Betty Freeman dies at 87; art philanthropist and photographer – Los Angeles Times.
“Composers,” she said some years ago, “are the most important people, infinitely more important to me than any politician. What matters are the seeds you plant for the future.”
Truly an amazing, generous benefactor, unfortunately is no longer with us. (But the fruits of [...]