Archives
- 2008.05.13: Errata
- 2008.05.11: More catching up
- 2008.05.10: The death of meaning
- 2008.05.09: Repeating Beethoven
- 2008.05.07: Personal Beethoven
- 2008.05.06: Orchestras as museums?
- 2008.05.05: Challenge to opera
- 2008.04.30: Molly speaks
- 2008.04.26: On the train
- 2008.04.23: Nice!
- 2008.04.22: The environment -- solutions 2 (second in an occasional series)
- 2008.04.21: Radical idea footnote
- 2008.04.21: Really radical
- 2008.04.19: A larger audience?
- 2008.04.19: Internet 101
- 2008.04.16: Catching up again
- 2008.04.16: Fixing links
- 2008.04.10: Defending Flanagan
- 2008.03.31: Cancelled in Canada
- 2008.03.28: New look
small glitches
- 2008.03.19: Catching up (2)
- 2008.03.14: Comments will be posted!
- 2008.03.13: Teaching
- 2008.03.13: Catching up
- 2008.03.10: Age of the Audience
- 2008.02.26: A serious problem (interlude)
- 2008.02.25: A serious problem (2)
- 2008.02.22: A serious problem
- 2008.02.04: Pop vs. classical
- 2008.01.27: A hidden cost of classical music
- 2008.01.21: Solutions (first of an occasional series)
- 2007.12.24: Holiday warmth
- 2007.12.18: Age of the audience, once more
- 2007.12.08: Unasked questions
- 2007.12.07: City Opera update
- 2007.12.07: Unappreciated?
- 2007.12.07: Dark season?
- 2007.12.05: Making a living
- 2007.12.04: Wonderful time
- 2007.11.29: Under the surface
- 2007.11.19: Riots?
- 2007.11.16: Correcting mistakes
- 2007.11.15: Berlin moves
- 2007.11.08: A look at the future
- 2007.11.03: Antidote
- 2007.11.03: Levine a lot better
- 2007.11.01: "How to do it" footnote
- 2007.11.01: Dumbing it down
- 2007.10.29: Suffocating Berio
- 2007.10.29: Final word on North Korea?
- 2007.10.29: Taruskin
- 2007.10.17: More on North Korea
- 2007.10.16: The aquariums of Pyongyang
- 2007.10.15: "You just drank poison!"
- 2007.10.13: Khrushchev's Cold War
- 2007.10.11: Reactions to the shock
- 2007.10.07: Delicious scandal (and we have a winner)
- 2007.10.04: How to do it
- 2007.10.01: A shocking proposal?
- 2007.10.01: Lucia
- 2007.09.30: Antonioni
- 2007.09.29: Anne Carson
- 2007.09.28: The pastness of the past (3)
- 2007.09.27: The pastness of the past (2)
- 2007.09.22: The pastness of the past (1)
- 2007.09.11: Il capitano sangue
- 2007.09.09: Music in my heart
- 2007.08.20: Bostridge and me
- 2007.08.17: The end of hegemony
- 2007.08.15: Off the pedestal
- 2007.08.12: Footnotes
- 2007.08.06: Miniatures?
- 2007.08.03: Something good about classical music
- 2007.08.01: Hedgehogs
- 2007.07.01: Vacation thoughts
- 2007.06.25: Provocation
- 2007.06.08: Quotation of the day
- 2007.06.06: Hear my symphony
- 2007.06.05: Happy all night
- 2007.05.31: Two moments
- 2007.05.31: Quotation of the day
- 2007.05.27: Common sense
- 2007.05.27: Quotation of the day
- 2007.05.15: Encounter
- 2007.05.15: From another Eastman student
- 2007.05.11: Quotation of the day
- 2007.05.09: Nuns with manicures
- 2007.05.03: Scathing report
- 2007.05.02: Update -- leg and symphony
- 2007.04.16: Change of pace -- my symphony
- 2007.04.13: The death of classical music?
- 2007.04.09: Boring old Handel
- 2007.04.08: Recovering
- 2007.03.20: TKO
- 2007.03.17: Clarification
- 2007.03.16: Good things -- Jennifer Turbes
- 2007.03.16: Good things -- the Pittsburgh Symphony
- 2007.03.08: A short break
- 2007.03.07: Good news, bad news
- 2007.03.07: Good things: Erika Lange
- 2007.03.07: Good things: Greg Anderson
- 2007.03.06: Many paths
- 2007.03.04: The short version
- 2007.03.04: More age footnotes
- 2007.02.21: Inspirations
- 2007.02.19: Our new audience
- 2007.02.18: The past comes to life
- 2007.02.06: Something nice
- 2007.02.06: Stressbusters
- 2007.02.05: Stress and Silence
- 2007.01.17: Apology, and another question answered
- 2007.01.17: Age footnotes
- 2007.01.15: Where we stand (3)
- 2007.01.14: Where we stand (2)
- 2007.01.11: Where we stand (1)
- 2006.12.22: New book episode -- no blog for a while -- and happy holidays to all!
- 2006.12.20: The intellectual audience
- 2006.12.16: More age data
- 2006.12.13: Past popularity
- 2006.12.12: Laura and the Koreans
- 2006.12.11: Important news stories (3)
- 2006.12.04: License to think
- 2006.12.03: Great job!
- 2006.12.02: Help us through the minefield
- 2006.12.02: Noisy episode
- 2006.12.01: Important news stories (2)
- 2006.12.01: Important news stories (1)
- 2006.11.28: Pulitzer follies
- 2006.11.25: Formulas
- 2006.11.24: Important data
- 2006.11.19: An important piece of history
- 2006.11.19: The financial crunch
- 2006.11.18: More on that younger audience
- 2006.11.15: How to attract a young audience (for real)
- 2006.11.15: Unlikely to happen
- 2006.11.12: Another episode
- 2006.11.10: Another lost opportunity
- 2006.11.10: Apology
- 2006.11.09: Not so good
- 2006.11.07: How not to think
- 2006.11.06: If it's good for you...yuck!
- 2006.11.06: Lonely listener
- 2006.11.05: Following a hunch
- 2006.11.05: Attention spans
- 2006.11.03: The myth of music education
- 2006.11.03: A visit to New Orleans
- 2006.10.29: New book episode
- 2006.10.27: Bowling Green
- 2006.10.26: My music at Bowling Green
- 2006.10.18: Delay in posting comments
- 2006.10.17: The Met (continued)
- 2006.10.17: Indian classical music
- 2006.10.16: Celebrating who?
- 2006.10.16: Eleven more weeks
- 2006.10.15: Richard Powers ending
- 2006.10.11: Classical vs. popular -- the book continues
- 2006.10.08: Book delay
- 2006.10.08: Smart thought
- 2006.10.03: Quotation of the week
- 2006.10.03: Greg sightings
- 2006.09.30: More on the decline of the west...
- 2006.09.28: Decline of the west
- 2006.09.28: Digital step forward
- 2006.09.28: Met opening
- 2006.09.25: The dawn of classical music
- 2006.09.23: Concert with dancing
- 2006.09.20: Broken links no longer broken
- 2006.09.19: My music criticism class
- 2006.09.18: More radio
- 2006.09.18: Radio
- 2006.09.18: Composer/performers
- 2006.09.11: New book episode
- 2006.09.08: The book resumes
- 2006.09.08: How could I forget?
- 2006.09.07: Good news
- 2006.08.31: What the numbers say
- 2006.08.29: Me on the radio
- 2006.08.29: A lesson
- 2006.08.29: Comments problem fixed
- 2006.08.29: Ariel's new blog
- 2006.08.25: Success story
- 2006.08.25: New music and meerkats
- 2006.08.24: A young musician speaks
- 2006.08.23: Relentless
- 2006.08.21: Hearing new music
- 2006.08.21: Mark and Boulez
- 2006.08.16: New magazine?
- 2006.08.09: Reentering
- 2006.07.03: Vacation
- 2006.07.02: Popular classical music
- 2006.07.02: You must see this video
- 2006.06.30: Stating the obvious
- 2006.06.30: For Lisa Kaplan
- 2006.06.29: Footnote to MUSO
- 2006.06.21: Lively magazine
- 2006.06.20: Don Giovanni, partly improvised
- 2006.06.12: Last book episode till fall
- 2006.06.03: Classical recording -- from the inside
- 2006.06.02: Contribution to the debate
- 2006.06.01: Discovery
- 2006.05.31: Terrific discussion
- 2006.05.30: New book episode -- and Allan Kozinn's essay
- 2006.05.26: Comments
- 2006.05.26: The future is here
- 2006.05.21: Hitting a nerve
- 2006.05.21: Good CD cover
- 2006.05.20: This blog…
- 2006.05.20: Bits
- 2006.05.15: New book episode
- 2006.05.14: Just say hello
- 2006.05.12: Terrific press release
- 2006.05.11: Inspiring
- 2006.05.10: Wishlist
- 2006.05.09: Rock & roll joy
- 2006.05.08: No leadership
- 2006.05.06: Hoisting an eyebrow
- 2006.05.06: A man who loved music
- 2006.05.02: Teens invade Philharmonic!
- 2006.05.01: The book continues
- 2006.04.30: Young audience, new music, and the future
- 2006.04.29: "Main Street Sessions" footnote
- 2006.04.29: What we're entrusted with
- 2006.04.25: The Main Street Sessions
- 2006.04.17: The book proceeds
- 2006.04.15: Again on constricted music-making…
- 2006.04.15: More followup
- 2006.04.13: Corroboration
- 2006.04.13: This week in class…
- 2006.03.24: Not so passive
- 2006.03.24: Performance of my music
- 2006.03.24: Orchestras and new music
- 2006.03.24: Cleveland again
- 2006.03.24: Yesterday's panel
- 2006.03.20: Episode three
- 2006.03.18: Another panel
- 2006.03.18: Milwaukee radio
- 2006.03.15: Brahms footnote
- 2006.03.15: Appearing in Milwaukee
- 2006.03.15: More on Peter Gelb and the Met
- 2006.03.03: And speaking of Brahms…
- 2006.03.03: Brahms and the canon
- 2006.03.03: Parsing the numbers
- 2006.02.27: The virtues of obscurity
- 2006.02.26: The Met and the press
- 2006.02.26: Empty seats
- 2006.02.22: Delight
- 2006.02.21: Sign of hope
- 2006.02.20: Noir music
- 2006.02.20: Book 2.0
- 2006.02.17: Me in Cleveland
- 2006.02.17: A sign of hope
- 2006.02.13: Sample of the young audience
- 2006.02.12: Younger audience
- 2006.02.12: A peaceful moment
- 2006.02.06: It's that time again -- episode six
- 2006.01.31: Sinfonia black
- 2006.01.30: UK orchestras
- 2006.01.23: Episode Five
- 2006.01.21: Last gasp of beauty
- 2006.01.21: Further beauty footnote
- 2006.01.20: Footnote to beautiful
- 2006.01.16: The young and the beautiful
- 2006.01.10: Perfect Beethoven
- 2006.01.09: Episode Four
- 2006.01.06: Art and Entertainment
- 2005.12.28: Christmas Music
- 2005.12.21: Best holiday wishes!
- 2005.12.02: Not playing well enough -- an example of what I mean
- 2005.12.01: Book
- 2005.12.01: Do orchestras play well enough?
- 2005.11.22: Obstacles
- 2005.11.22: Not your father's Oldsmobile
- 2005.11.18: Omnivores
- 2005.11.17: Another thought on access
- 2005.11.15: Comment on access points
- 2005.11.14: Second installment
- 2005.11.11: Acess points?
- 2005.11.10: Entrepreneurs
- 2005.11.08: Delicious
- 2005.11.02: Book!
- 2005.11.02: Bach cantatas, as they might have been
- 2005.10.30: Llama
- 2005.10.29: "Ghastly ad" followup
- 2005.10.29: More on Bohemia
- 2005.10.28: Ghastly ad
- 2005.10.27: Renewed thanks
- 2005.10.27: Forster on Beethoven
- 2005.10.24: Me
- 2005.10.24: What's Happening Here
- 2005.10.24: Elsewhere
- 2005.10.24: Delay
- 2005.10.23: My ongoing book
- 2005.10.21: Biancolli footnote
- 2005.10.21: Now it can be told
- 2005.10.20: Out of the past
- 2005.10.19: Clarification
- 2005.10.19: Doing their jobs
- 2005.10.18: Christmas where?
- 2005.10.16: Media world
- 2005.10.14: Newbies
- 2005.10.10: Book update
- 2005.10.07: Outreach -- ouch!
- 2005.10.05: R. I. P.
- 2005.10.05: About the book
- 2005.10.05: Content
- 2005.10.04: Not so new
- 2005.10.04: Vanity Fair
- 2005.09.26: City Opera footnote
- 2005.09.19: Opera in the real world
- 2005.09.16: Untapped reality
- 2005.09.15: Back
- 2005.08.25: Vacation
- 2005.08.16: Good idea
- 2005.08.15: More good things
- 2005.08.14: Walking further
- 2005.08.14: Walking
- 2005.08.11: Good time
- 2005.08.04: Canard
- 2005.08.04: Off the record sources
- 2005.07.29: Plague
- 2005.07.28: Straws in the wind
- 2005.07.27: Travels
- 2005.07.13: Post-classical playlist
- 2005.07.08: Oprah yet again
- 2005.07.07: Playlists
- 2005.07.06: I read the news today, oh boy…
- 2005.06.25: Family appearance
- 2005.06.24: Sunrise
- 2005.06.15: Oprah once again
- 2005.06.15: Pitiful
- 2005.06.15: More on authenticity
- 2005.06.14: Oprah's operas?
- 2005.06.13: Oprah's book club
- 2005.06.12: Side stuff
- 2005.06.12: Cleveland program note
- 2005.06.02: More on authenticity
- 2005.06.02: Somebody's trying
- 2005.06.01: Footnote to press releases
- 2005.06.01: How to do it
- 2005.05.27: More about Caramoor
- 2005.05.26: Take a friend
- 2005.05.26: Why a press release matters
- 2005.05.25: Here we go again
- 2005.05.17: Creeping back to the blog…
- 2005.04.29: Terrific ideas
- 2005.04.29: Encounter with reality
- 2005.04.28: Philly record deal
- 2005.04.28: Indie rock
- 2005.04.25: Question responses
- 2005.04.20: Why Muti?
- 2005.04.19: Something good
- 2005.04.17: Why classical music might die (still more)
- 2005.04.17: Another reason classical music might die
- 2005.04.15: Sobering statistics
- 2005.04.15: Music students -- another way the crisis hits?
- 2005.04.14: Depressing CD
- 2005.04.13: Striking photos
- 2005.04.13: Setting the record straight
- 2005.04.13: Audience participation
- 2005.04.09: A question
- 2005.04.02: Why change can be hard
- 2005.04.02: Modernism footnote
- 2005.03.31: Modernism (sigh)
- 2005.03.31: Something good in South Dakota
- 2005.03.31: Marketing
- 2005.03.22: CD covers
- 2005.03.19: On the Town.
- 2005.03.05: Another look at orchestras
- 2005.03.03: Read the fine print
- 2005.02.25: More on judging
- 2005.02.24: Gates
- 2005.02.24: On judging art
- 2005.02.21: Mona Lisa
- 2005.02.21: Also at the Louvre
- 2005.02.17: Applause
- 2005.02.16: So good they linked it twice
- 2005.02.16: A small revelation
- 2005.02.15: Classical music and the world outside
- 2005.02.15: Open the gates
- 2005.02.15: Open the gates
- 2005.02.14: The Gates -- footnote
- 2005.02.11: The crisis (second followup)
- 2005.02.10: The crisis (first followup)
- 2005.02.10: Hypothetical question
- 2005.02.08: John Cage in Pittsburgh
- 2005.01.31: A really good press release
- 2005.01.20: Breathtaking CD covers
- 2005.01.20: Wild audience
- 2005.01.19: The crisis
- 2005.01.19: Too-careful Handel
- 2005.01.19: Sign of the times
- 2005.01.09: NOA panel
- 2005.01.04: St. Louis lockout/strike
- 2004.12.23: Happy holidays to all
- 2004.12.16: Far into the past
- 2004.12.14: Judging conservative composers
- 2004.12.13: Power metal and my own composing
- 2004.12.10: Connections
- 2004.12.07: How to do it
- 2004.12.05: A dire statistic
- 2004.12.04: Enough already
- 2004.11.30: Critics' conference
- 2004.11.29: Anticipation
- 2004.11.12: Lebrecht bullshit
- 2004.11.05: A good press release
- 2004.11.05: Straws in the wind
- 2004.11.04: Analogy
- 2004.10.29: News
- 2004.10.28: Mistakes
- 2004.10.28: More about publicity
- 2004.10.26: Talking to the audience
- 2004.10.18: What I've been up to
- 2004.10.11: Fighting the good fight
- 2004.10.07: Good news
- 2004.09.23: New music in Toronto
- 2004.09.22: The tipping point
- 2004.09.18: How musicians used to make a living
- 2004.09.12: Performance
- 2004.08.22: Vacation
- 2004.08.19: Not so fine
- 2004.08.17: Some questions
- 2004.08.15: Uncertainties
- 2004.08.13: My Handel
- 2004.08.13: Too much praise
- 2004.08.12: Rob Kapilow
- 2004.08.12: The loyal audience
- 2004.07.29: More on 19th century opera
- 2004.07.28: Well-bred always?
- 2004.07.26: Too well-bred
- 2004.07.09: Pulitzer prizes
- 2004.07.02: Inscrutable?
- 2004.07.02: The Concert Companion again
- 2004.07.02: Rewarding quality
- 2004.06.29: Philharmonic follies
- 2004.06.29: And about the Times…
- 2004.06.29: A word about music directors
- 2004.06.16: Fun, but…
- 2004.06.15: The younger audience
- 2004.06.14: What I did on my work binge
- 2004.05.28: Concert Companion
- 2004.05.21: Levine
- 2004.05.20: Videogame music
- 2004.05.19: Straw in the wind
- 2004.05.18: Return
- 2004.05.09: Levine
- 2004.04.13: About publicists
- 2004.04.12: 9 Beet Stretch
- 2004.04.12: How to do it
- 2004.04.12: Misunderstanding pop
- 2004.04.09: Press releases -- including a good one
- 2004.04.07: More fat
- 2004.04.07: Blog/not blog
- 2004.04.06: On the bus
- 2004.03.26: How to kill classical music (3)
- 2004.03.25: Arresting cellist
- 2004.03.23: How to kill classical music -- press releases
- 2004.03.21: How to kill classical music
- 2004.03.17: [Revised version] Weighing in…
- 2004.03.16: Crossover
- 2004.03.16: Bagatelle
- 2004.03.14: Recreation; Re: Creation
- 2004.03.03: Creating The Creation
- 2004.02.27: Words of wisdom
- 2004.02.22: Thrilling to read
- 2004.02.22: Barenboim
- 2004.02.14: Dotting Grammy's eye
- 2004.02.10: Grammy entertainment
- 2004.02.06: Classical record biz
- 2004.02.05: Digital madness
- 2004.02.05: Blogging/Not blogging
- 2004.02.02: Great loss
- 2004.01.27: Typo
- 2004.01.26: Back to modernism
- 2004.01.26: Good performances
- 2004.01.26: Still more
- 2004.01.26: And finally this…
- 2004.01.23: Wonders and marvels, the sequel
- 2004.01.23: Wonders and marvels
- 2004.01.20: Further comment
- 2004.01.19: Another view
- 2004.01.19: More
- 2004.01.19: Protest
- 2004.01.19: Greeters
- 2004.01.16: Met marketing
- 2004.01.16: Cage
- 2004.01.15: Time for Joe to go?
- 2004.01.12: Measuring the crisis
- 2004.01.12: Dangerous territory
- 2004.01.11: Not so commercial
- 2004.01.08: Dead weight
- 2004.01.06: Breaking news
- 2004.01.05: Renée footnote
- 2003.12.23: Renée the Grinch
- 2003.12.23: Lost in space
- 2003.12.22: How to think about public radio
- 2003.12.22: Piano advertising
- 2003.12.15: Unwelcome advertising
- 2003.12.14: Intermezzo
- 2003.12.13: Bocelli
- 2003.12.11: After Litton
- 2003.12.10: Why we need classical music
- 2003.12.09: Litton and beyond
- 2003.12.06: Some of the truth
- 2003.12.05: The digital future
- 2003.12.04: Die Frau ohne audience
- 2003.11.29: Suppression
- 2003.11.26: Bad news and good news
- 2003.11.25: Classical and rock
- 2003.11.23: Giving It away
- 2003.11.21: Taken by surprise
- 2003.11.21: Why, why, why?
- 2003.11.21: Great idea!
- 2003.11.17: Where does classical music take us?
- 2003.11.17: What year is it?
- 2003.11.17: Classical search woes, plus iTunes rant
- 2003.11.13: Radio, radio
- 2003.11.13: Neglect
- 2003.11.12: New young audience?
- 2003.11.12: Defending Lang Lang
- 2003.11.11: On the radio
- 2003.11.11: Concert dress, again and again
- 2003.11.11: Once more into the breach…
- 2003.11.10: Modern/old
- 2003.11.09: Talking to ourselves
- 2003.11.07: Kyle
- 2003.11.07: Important truth
- 2003.11.06: Alternative classical
- 2003.11.06: The alternative audience
- 2003.11.05: Musicians speak
- 2003.11.03: It's not just art
- 2003.11.02: More Vanity Fair
- 2003.11.01: Vanity Fair
- 2003.10.26: Pittsburgh
- 2003.10.22: Contact me
- 2003.10.21: Visual document
- 2003.10.21: If it's Thursday…
- 2003.10.21: More dress code
- 2003.10.16: Another view
- 2003.10.14: Dress code clarity
- 2003.10.09: Is it art?
- 2003.10.08: Egg on the face
- 2003.10.07: Naxos to the rescue
- 2003.10.07: Calm down, please
- 2003.10.06: Not quite pop
- 2003.10.04: What to wear
- 2003.10.02: Classical moment
- 2003.10.02: Amplifying
- 2003.09.23: Don't believe the hype
- 2003.09.22: Worth a Thousand Words?
- 2003.09.18: Find a Concert
- 2003.09.17: Milwaukee event
- 2003.09.13: Reentry
- 2003.08.11: Vacation
- 2003.08.11: Two-way street
- 2003.08.11: Not in every county
- 2003.08.09: Car radio
- 2003.08.07: Disagreement
- 2003.08.07: Agreement
- 2003.08.07: Educating Greg
- 2003.08.06: Why we care
- 2003.08.06: Alarming dip
- 2003.08.05: Opera troubles
- 2003.08.04: Sidestuff
- 2003.08.02: Classical music can do it, too
- 2003.08.01: Say it ain't so, Renée
- 2003.08.01: Good things
- 2003.07.31: Both sides now
- 2003.07.31: Powerful reason
- 2003.07.30: Awakening the audience
- 2003.07.30: Missing info
- 2003.07.29: Mail explosion
- 2003.07.29: More mail
- 2003.07.28: Amplifcation
- 2003.07.27: Why it all matters
- 2003.07.27: Talking to the audience
- 2003.07.26: Not so disposable
- 2003.07.26: Delight and fright
- 2003.07.25: Intermezzo
- 2003.07.24: Snapshot
- 2003.07.24: Forbidden Broadway
- 2003.07.22: The worst and the weirdest
- 2003.07.21: And while I'm at it…
- 2003.07.20: Classical music secrets
- 2003.07.18: How troubled are they?
- 2003.07.17: Let's begin…
- 2003.07.17: A word about aesthetics