http://www.artsjournal.com/music.shtml Copyright 2009 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:51:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/out_of_cash_hon.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/out_of_cash_hon.shtml music Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:22:40 -0800 "The Hall of Fame is a notoriously top-down institution, with an elite group of insiders making up a nominating committee that pre-selects their own idiosyncratic idea of the worthy candidates. So all of us lowly peons are only allowed to vote for 5 out of 12 possible candidates, which judging from this year's nominees makes for slim pickings."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/time_to_close_t.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/time_to_close_t.shtml music Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:48:59 -0800 "Today's virtuosos and super-virtuosos are reluctant members of the club. Many of the younger generation are shunning the repertoire and the older ones are shunning the label. So why are pianists wary of being associated with this tradition?"... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/pianists_as_sup.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/pianists_as_sup.shtml music Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:25:40 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/honolulu_sympho_5.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/honolulu_sympho_5.shtml music Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:23 -0800 "In a new video that was posted on his official website last month and has since been making the rounds on YouTube, [the tenor] declares that his [vocal cord] surgery was a success and even provides a brief vocal demonstration for his fans." He says he will return to the opera stage next year.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/rolando_villazn_3.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/rolando_villazn_3.shtml music Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:03 -0800 It's been an eventful 50 years for opera in the City of Rainshine: a legendary 1963 Norma with Sutherland and Horne; Sutherland's husband, Richard Bonynge, as boss during the '70s; a lively Britten-and-Janacek phase; and plenty of the argument, strife and money troubles that are endemic to the art form.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/vancouver_opera_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/vancouver_opera_1.shtml music Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:02:50 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/reallife_deadba.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/reallife_deadba.shtml music Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:55:18 -0800 "For administrations past, classical music was the logical, even the only, form of entertainment: socially acceptable, properly high-church." Yesterday's White House classical music event for kids suggested instead "that classical music no longer automatically holds a position of predominance among today's power elite."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/kids_event_sign.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/kids_event_sign.shtml music Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:41:26 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/salmonella_sile.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/salmonella_sile.shtml music Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:37:46 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/tommasini_gets.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/tommasini_gets.shtml music Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:11:48 -0800 "Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music said that they were releasing a limited edition USB drive that contains the stereo versions of the Beatles' albums, as well as the bonus materials that were included in their re-release."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/the_smallest_co.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/the_smallest_co.shtml music Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:54:56 -0800 "There will be a recurring California motif at the National Endowment for the Arts' second annual NEA Opera Honors ceremony on Nov. 14 -- but there are no plans for the national radio broadcast of the musical proceedings and award presentations to grace Southern California's airwaves."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/la_radio_passes.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/la_radio_passes.shtml music Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:30:51 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/honolulu_sympho_4.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/honolulu_sympho_4.shtml music Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:10 -0800 "The greatness in this orchestra is right there, so I didn't need to build it. They don't bring their egos onto the stage, just their creativity." What's more, "[they] give close to 300 community concerts versus 75 in Powell Hall. And they didn't cut those when they had problems, which said to me this orchestra has its heart in the right place."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/what_david_robe.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/what_david_robe.shtml music Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:11:44 -0800 "Sir Peter Maxwell Davies hinted that the 'horrors' of the ordeal may even inspire a musical composition. Michael Arnold, a friend and business associate of the composer for 30 years," has been "jailed for 18 months for defrauding him of more than £500,000."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/manager_of_quee.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/manager_of_quee.shtml music Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:44:10 -0800 "The new acquisitions are a manuscript of Beethoven's 'Kreutzer' Sonata for violin and piano and an engraved proof copy of the piano-vocal score of Mendelssohn's oratorio 'Elijah,' each with scribblings by the composer."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/juilliard_archi.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/juilliard_archi.shtml music Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:33:06 -0800 Topping the survey is John Williams' "Harry Potter" theme. Whether or not the piece actually counts as classical music, the choice "shows that children love lavishly orchestrated music, and that they understand that you can create worlds of magic and mystery with a symphony orchestra."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/childrens_top10.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/childrens_top10.shtml music Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:23:19 -0800 "The aim, they say, is to redefine the composer-in-residence for the digital age. He or she will win a modest prize of £1000, and a year-long residency on the website, allowing them to engage with web-site members through a Composer's Corner blog, a podcast series, online forums, and masterclasses. It will culminate in 2010 a live event with a performance of a new work."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/looking_for_a_v_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/looking_for_a_v_1.shtml music Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:52:30 -0800 "The survey, published today, found that those who admit illegally downloading music spent an average of £77 a year on music - £33 more than those who claim that they never download music dishonestly."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/study_illegal_m.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/study_illegal_m.shtml music Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:44:25 -0800 "Last week, the Official Charts Company published figures that showed sales have already surpassed the record of 115.1m singles sold last year by almost 2m, and we haven't even entered the Christmas run-up. So, has the music industry finally turned a corner and found the panacea to all its woes?"... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/will_digital_si.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/will_digital_si.shtml music Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:24:20 -0800 So, why not Orchestra Hero? What if I could "play" the horn solo in "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" on a "controller horn" or the bassoon solo at the opening of "The Rite of Spring" on a "controller bassoon"?... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/the_virtual_orc.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/the_virtual_orc.shtml music Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:19:46 -0800 The Tchaikovsky Piano Competition used to be the most prestigious in the world. Not now. "There is a general recognition that they [Gergiev and other Russian officials] were trying to do a perestroika, a reconstruction of the whole [competition] and to try to bring it back to its glory days."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/ex_clioburn_dir.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/11/ex_clioburn_dir.shtml music Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:57:35 -0800 "With 3.6 million followers, Spears is significantly out in front of any other artist on Twitter, according to data from Big Champagne. For those keeping track of figures that largely can't yet be monetized, John Mayer is a distant second, with about 2.5 million followers."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/britney_spears_1.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/britney_spears_1.shtml music Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:08:40 -0800 "There are plenty of stores out there - Spotify alone has 6 million tracks - many people have gigabytes of music on their hard drives, lesser-known bands publish on MySpace, and music blogs post rarities. Playdar provides a way to pull all those sources together into one giant jukebox."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/one_giant_jukeb.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/one_giant_jukeb.shtml music Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:33:50 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/bernard_haitink.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/10/bernard_haitink.shtml music Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:11:50 -0800