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Articles by Garrett Harris
Pleasure Island
Once you go full jackass, it's too late.
Pinocchio just might be the most underrated movie of all time. Watching it as a child is one thing but having it dissected by a psychology professor is something else. I’ve been watching the Maps ...
The hitch in changing the rules
Started in 19th Century music, accelerated after WWII with opera
One of the earliest and most important elements of human development, according to Jean Piaget, is learning how to play fair within the agreed-upon rules of a game. In other words, we learn how to ...
The doctor is in
Extroverted or introverted, it doesn't matter. Classical music and opera works for you.
There are two ways in which we can interact with classical music and opera. One is extroverted and one is introverted. We could call these the transpersonal and the personalistic. One more? The external and ...
Hello Neumann
The ascent toward consciousness is unnatural
I did a very strange thing this week. I went to the library and checked out a book. First let me say that the not-so-new Central Library Branch is a distinct failure, except for the ...
Why Brahms burned his letters
Brahms would never marry or ever have sexual relations with any woman he loved
I recently read Simon Callow’s excellent biography of Richard Wagner. Now, to be fair, I’m reading a biography of Johannes Brahms by Jan Swafford. As in music, in biography these two are opposed. We have ...
The Intellectual Dark Web
Long form on the rise
Could it be that the tide is beginning to swing back to classical music? With the demise of network television and radio a new space is beginning to open up which could shift musical taste ...
Mainly Mozart marathon
The performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 pushed the limits
The Mainly Mozart Festival has completed it’s Genius Weekend which ran from June 7-June 10 at multiple locations throughout San Diego County and Tijuana. It was perhaps the most rigorous weekend of music and presentations ...
What happens behind closed doors?
I'll take portamenti for the win.
The Mainly Mozart Festival sprinted out of the gate with four concerts on June 1, 2, and 3. Three of the opening concerts were Spotlight Chamber Music events in Rancho Santa Fe Garden, La Jolla, ...
San Diego Symphony finale
Brahms, de Waart, and the symphony rode off into a brilliant sunset
The San Diego Symphony’s 2017-18 Jacobs Masterworks Series came to a satisfying conclusion with concerts on May 25, 26, and 27. The concerts were conducted by maestro Edo de Waart who, you might recall, was ...
