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The other Haydn
Michael Haydn was brother to Joseph and mentor to Mozart
Michael Haydn died on August 10, 1806. He was younger brother to Joseph Haydn and counted Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart amongst his friends and admirers. The anniversary of his death prompted me to give his Requiem ...
Stop picking the Wagnerian scab
It’s time to take Wagner back from National Socialism
Whatever would we do without PC culture to judge the recent past (last 200 years) for us and then share its verdict of guilty based on the precious shell which has been slowly swallowing culture ...
Schoenberg and his truth
Perhaps I need to find a summer love
One of my early tactics for exploring music was to simply find recordings with orchestra and chorus. I sang in choirs all through high school and college, so I was into works with chorus. I ...
Cultural relativity sucks
It's time for classical music to grow up and own its greatness
What is becoming the summer of the curmudgeon continues now that I’ve read an article in the New York Times regarding Pres. Trump and a remark he made about symphonies. The remark was made in ...
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs
For the love of God lose the (R)
To continue the theme of innovation versus truth and beauty, I present to you, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. This new opera by Mason Bates had its world premiere at Santa Fe Opera on Saturday, ...
Cygnet's Animal Crackers full of dad jokes
Songs, tap dancing, and the wacky antics of the Marx Brothers
Every now and then I hear someone yearning for the days of Vaudeville. Yearn no more. Animal Crackers at Cygnet Theatre, while not technically Vaudeville, is close enough to satiate the nostalgia of even the ...
The derivative curse
Composers who try to avoid it are to doomed to be it
Derivative is the greatest insult in the book when it comes to modern composers. No one wants to be declared as “derivative” of anything. I am, of course, speaking of the artistic derivative not the ...
Beethoven should send a bill
The Milky Way inspires a look at what gives and what takes
On the way to camping in Idaho I stopped on The Extraterrestrial Highway. My children were with me and wondered what was going on when I pulled the car over in the middle of nowhere. ...
John Williams sells tickets
Comic-Con helps symphony sell out concert of movie music
Well, well, well. Comic-Con has sold out the San Diego Symphony’s July 22 concert. The title of the concert is Raiders, Rebels, and Supermen: The Music of John Williams. Now Mr. Williams is popular no ...
