Glass
I was first turned on to Phillip Glass when I was taking an Eastern philosophy class and I was studying how some of those concepts have transitioned into western culture. My professor played us ‘Pieces in the Shape of a … Continue reading
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Aaron Silberman Concert Series Review
On March 14th, 2012 I attended the Aaron Silberman Concert Series in the Engelman Recital Hall at Baruch Performing Arts Center. During this hour-long concert clarinet player Charles Neidich, and piano player Joshua Grunmann performed, Sonata For Clarinet and Piano, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brahms, clarinet, Neidich
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My Thoughts on Rich Atkinson’s Criticism of Liszt’s “B minor Sonata”
In music critic Rich Atkinson’s blog post “Liszt: Virtuoso Pianist, Amateurish Composer,” Atkinson states that he does not really see the appeal of Liszt’s “B minor Sonata.” He mentions that other people argue that this piece shows “Liszt’s greatness” (Atkinson) and … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Student Post
Tagged Beethoven, chopin, Classical Music, Criticism, Liszt, Piano, Rich Atkinson, Schumann
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This Time, it was Funny…
This past Friday I went to see an Opera Buffa performance at the Metropolitan Opera entitled “L’elisir d’amore” by the Italian composer Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti. The opera was composed in 1832 and is one of the most frequently performed … Continue reading
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Tagged Comical, Donizetti, L'Elisir d'Amore, La fill du Regiment, Opera, Opera Buffa
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A Composer’s Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (no, not Kanye’s)
Reading about The New York Philharmonic’s Modern Beethoven festival happening at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall did not have as positive a spin as I thought it would. The author, Allan Kozinn from the New York Times, tells us that … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Kozinn, Beethoven, Concerto Funebre, Eroica, Hartmann
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Aretha Franklin Is Looking For The Next Great Star…Of Opera
As soon as I saw this article it immediately interested me. I thought to myself Aretha Franklin and opera? What do the two have in common and why would she be looking for the next big Opera star? Aretha is … Continue reading
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Tagged aretha franklin, giacomo puccini, nessun dorma, Opera
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Beethoven & Stravinsky at NY Philharmonic
I recently went to see the NY Philharmonic perform the 2nd and 7th symphonies of Beethoven and a piece by Stravinsky called Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra. Before going I had never heard any of these pieces. When hearing them on … Continue reading
Witold Lutoslawski: Always Searching For A New Sound
I probably should be embarrassed but I had not heard about Witold Lutoslawski before I read this article. Wikipedia claims that he “was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the preeminent Polish musicians … Continue reading
Classical Music Lost and Found: Florence Price Rediscovered
When I think of composers of orchestral music, I think of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Bartok. What do they all have in common? They were all men. Someone who is overlooked is an American composer named Florence B. Price. In the … Continue reading
Are We Missing Out Because of Our Musical Blind Spots?
For this blog I uncovered an article on NPR’s classical music blog “Deceptive Cadence” titled “Jonathan Biss Uncovers a Brahms Blind Spot.” The post, written by Jonathan Biss, covers the concept of “musical blind spots,” or pieces of music we … Continue reading