From frequent Springfield Symphony Orchestra guest pianist Jeffrey Biegel (he's soloing with the SSO again on May 12, 2012), on Greg Sandow's important classical blog, here's an account of an encounter with a legend that gives classical music fans another reason to love Lucy. Funny what good things can happen when classical music absorbs idea
Vi salutiamo, compositori italoamericani!
Walter Piston. Brilliant composer in a neo-classical style. Influential teacher and theorist at Harvard. His Harmony and Counterpoint still standard texts.
Whose side is the critic on?
The classical Paul
Late Thursday morning, WFCR will broadcast Ocean's Kingdom, the new ballet score by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. More accurately, as it's put in the back of the CD booklet, it features "music by Paul McCartney, music arranged by John Wilson and Paul McCartney, orchestrated by Andrew Cottee". McCartney, you see, can't compose a classical score by himself. He needs help from professional musicians, who can do things like, for instance, read and write music, a skill McCartney lacks. Does that
What’s pop got that classical might want?
Whither the BSO?
Here's an excellent article by Jeremy Eichler from Sunday's Boston Globe on the challenges faced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra as it makes its way both through the current season and, more importantly, though the process of selecting a new music director.