Category: Listening
Music I enjoy. I don’t generally write about music I don’t like.
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Naxos Music Library via IMSLP
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Read more: Naxos Music Library via IMSLPIf you become a subscribing member to IMSLP Petrucci Music Library for only $22, you get access to Naxos Music Library, a wonderfully comprehensive collection of classical-music recordings, from most of the standard record labels. I subscribed as a regular Naxos member for several years for $150/year and I thought it was well worth it. (2018…
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Stockhausen’s Kontakte at SICPP in Boston
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Read more: Stockhausen’s Kontakte at SICPP in BostonThis week is SICPP at New England Conservatory (Summer Institute in Contemporary Performance Practice, also known as Sick Puppy, I didn’t make that up. They call it that!). Along with the seminar activities during the day (I participated in 2007), there is a fabulous week of free evening concerts — the big, hard-to-program, fascinating works…
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Playing Ethel Smyth’s Mass
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Read more: Playing Ethel Smyth’s MassYesterday (Sunday Nov 23, 2008), I played first horn in the orchestra for the New England premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D. It’s a mammoth work, filled with beautiful moments and unique textures. The Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus, conducted by Barbara Jones, programmed it for their Fall 2008 concert. Barbara isn’t shy about…