http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:22 -0700 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:12:14 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Musical-mendacity?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Special Note: this is my final column for Examiner.com.I've had a delightful time writing these articles, and my heartfelt thanks to all of you in the readership for your support and interest. I'm stepping down because my teaching schedule -- combine... classical music beethoven haydn mozart fraud Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:12:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d8-Musical-mendacity?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Classical-music-and-its-celebs?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner In the wake of the orgiastic la-dee-da about Michael Jackson, I'm inspired to mull over the cult of celebrity in the classical music world. It almost goes without saying -- but I'll say it anyway -- that high-voltage celebs of the Jackson stripe are ... classical music bernstein michael jackson Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:24:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Classical-music-and-its-celebs?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Thats-entertainment?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Throughout my twenties and well into my thirties I worked as a busy freelance pianist in the SF Bay Area, always ready to take on whatever (paid) opportunity came my way. At one point I played in an amateur ragtime band, a gig I took on because I had... classical music Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:53:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d4-Thats-entertainment?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d1-A-landmark-music-history-made-affordable-at-last?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Scanning through pre-publication lists ranks high among my guilt-free, no-cost pleasures. The abundance and scope of forthcoming written material, even viewed through the narrow aperture of a single field, never ceases to amaze me. So many folks with... classical music taruskin Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:10:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m7d1-A-landmark-music-history-made-affordable-at-last?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Revisiting-a-gramophone-masterpiece?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner The labels have been releasing a steady stream of Haydn recordings in honor of the 200th anniversary of the beloved Austrian master's death. (Our next official opportunity to celebrate Papa Joe doesn't come until 2032, so carpe diem.) Amidst the larg... orchestra recording classical music haydn Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:37:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Revisiting-a-gramophone-masterpiece?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Composers-for-Gay-Pride-Week-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner There have been a lot of composers writing a lot of music over the years, and it's pretty safe to assume that not all of them have been exclusively heterosexual. In honor of the current Gay Pride Week here in San Francisco, I offer a brief look at co... classical music gay gay pride gay composer Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:42:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d26-Composers-for-Gay-Pride-Week-2009?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Composers-at-the-wheel?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner "You play just like a composer!" Clifford Curzon once sniped to my friend, the composer David Conte. Curzon intended it, and David understood it, as an insult. My, how the world has changed from the 19th century and before, when to "pl... orchestra recording stravinsky classical music villa-lobos Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:40:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d23-Composers-at-the-wheel?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d19-A-potential-new-musical-tool?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner I am toying with a notion that a popular e-book device just might have the potential to become a breakthrough musical tool as well.Somewhere out in the periphery of the computer world stand those specialized computers known as e-readers. They are to ... classical music software sibelius Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:39:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d19-A-potential-new-musical-tool?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Happy-ears?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Of late I've been having an exceptionally fine time with music listening. That isn't to say that I normally don't have a fine time, only that the situation has improved. The agent of my joy is a small, book-sized device, the Benchmark DAC1 USB, from ... recording classical music audiophile Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:01:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d16-Happy-ears?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Requiescat-in-pace?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner I haven't the faintest idea how my subconscious sends Examiner subjects floating up into view. One minute I'm appreciating a fragrant box of organic peaches at the farmer's market; a split second later I'm well into the lead paragraph for an article ... wagner classical music handel bach mozart Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:51:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d13-Requiescat-in-pace?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Half-a-fairy?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner On the evening of Saturday, November 25, 1882 Arthur Sullivan took his bows with William Gilbert for another great success in the pair's series of operettas: Iolanthe had come into being. W.S. Gilbert's sketch for the Lord Chancellor in IolantheAnd y... concert classical music san francisco symphony gilbert & sullivan Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:43:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d10-Half-a-fairy?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d7-The-listening-room?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner A bit on some of the recordings currently wending their way through my ears. Igor Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale Igor Stravinsky conducts the Columbia Chamber Ensemble in 1961 and 1967Jeremy Irons provides the narration in 2006.Sony/BMG Ah, the magi... recording classical music Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:29:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d7-The-listening-room?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d4-I-loves-you-Porgy?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Bloomington, Indiana, Sunday March 5, 1967: the Foglesong clan, including my teenaged self, gathered before our once-fancy, now-aging Zenith "hand-wired" color TV to watch the ABC network broadcast of the Otto Preminger film of "Porgy ... recording sf opera classical music Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:43:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d4-I-loves-you-Porgy?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Swedens-master-classicist?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner This is the third in a continuing series of articles about the "little masters" (kleinmeisters) of the later 18th century. The previous two installments:The little masters: introduces the concept as well as Vanhal and Salieri.Big little mas... recording classical music Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:19:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m6d2-Swedens-master-classicist?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d31-The-musical-mastery-of-Up?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner From time to time I have been known to leave the sacred confines of "classical" music (whatever the heck that term really means) and to write about movie music. Try here, here, here, and here. I wouldn't want to spend a great deal my time l... movie soundtrack Sun, 31 May 2009 11:27:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d31-The-musical-mastery-of-Up?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Heavenly-length?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner On January 6, 1839 Robert Schumann wrote from Vienna to the publishing firm of Breitkopf & Hartel: Several days ago I visited Franz Schubert's brother and saw with astonishment the treasures that are in his keeping. There are . . . four or five s... concert classical music schubert san francisco symphony blomstedt Fri, 29 May 2009 11:35:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Heavenly-length?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Big-little-master-Johann-Stamitz?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner This is the second in a planned series of articles about the Viennese Classical kleinmeisters, those composers working in the shadow of the far better remembered Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. The first article, comprising of an introduction and infor... recording classical music Mon, 25 May 2009 14:00:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d25-Big-little-master-Johann-Stamitz?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d23-The-little-masters?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Where the ground is fertile and well-watered, stuff grows. The seeds will come -- blown in on the wind, dormant in the soil, deliberately planted. It doesn't matter: soil primed for growing will produce life. A society cultivates a fertile field for ... recording classical music Sat, 23 May 2009 10:54:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d23-The-little-masters?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d19-On-conservatories?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Commencement at the San Francisco Conservatory looms. Presently I'll don my academic togs and sit in communal majesty onstage while beaming approvingly at our student/survivors who are receiving degrees, post-graduate diplomas, or artist's certificat... conservatory classical music Tue, 19 May 2009 10:30:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d19-On-conservatories?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d17-Rain-comes-to-the-Hertz-desert?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner Over the course of several articles devoted to the Alfred Hertz tenure (1915-1930) at the San Francisco Symphony I have been heard to bemoan the unavailability of the fine set of RCA Victor recordings made by Hertz and the SFS between 1925 and 1928. ... Sun, 17 May 2009 10:08:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-373-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner~y2009m5d17-Rain-comes-to-the-Hertz-desert?cid=exrss-SF-Classical-Music-Examiner