“We’re trying to make it flexible so we can talk to audiophiles, but my goal is to make something that’s simple, innovative, and has a way to expand on it.” He wants to sell you a turntable that you’ll use for decades, upgrading it as you like.
Category: music
Vinyl Records Are Hot Right Now (But For Classical Music?)
The new shops carry everything from folk to electronica to hip hop, but in many of them, the classical “section” amounts to a single milk crate on the floor near the back.
Exit Interview: Alan Gilbert Prepares To Leave The New York Philharmonic
“In his wake, he leaves a formidable legacy of experimentation that expanded not just what an orchestra can and will do, but who it’s for. Gilbert and [Helga] Davis sat down in his office to talk about what he means by serving a community, the moments in performance he lives for, and how maybe he could’ve benefited from throwing tantrums and showing his stress more.” (podcast)
How ‘Mozart In The Jungle’ Brought Messiaen – Messiaen! – To Rikers Island
A plot point in the Amazon comedy series led the producers to take an entire orchestra and complex sound system out to the New York City prison complex and play a program that ranged from Quartet for the End of Time (a piece written in, and for, a prison camp) to (this was brave) the Turangalîla Symphony.
Text Of Andrew Norman’s Award Speech In Which He Questions The System
“The music of the past is undoubtedly transformative, powerful, and amazing; it is one of the great legacies of Western civilization, and it deserves and demands to be heard for generations to come, but I wonder sometimes if we aren’t sacrificing this art form’s future in order to preserve its storied past.”
When Music Teams Up With Other Art, The Results Can Be… Less
Anne Midgette: “This kind of conceptual kinship, an inspiration of approach, is the only real link between a painting and the work of music it inspires. Yet the idea that music can convey something literal, and that conveying it will make the resulting piece more “accessible,” is widespread, and pernicious.”
The Beautiful, Brand-New Concert Hall With Fabulous Acoustics That You Probably Don’t Know About
No, it’s not the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg – we already told you about that one, and this one didn’t run 920% over budget. This one is also next to one of the world’s most handsome train stations. Where is it? (includes video interviews with the chief exec, the acoustician, and a musician)
Westminster Choir College’s Parent University Considers Closing And Selling It
Back in 1992, facing severe financial problems, the revered school for choral conductors and singers merged with nearby Rider University. Now Westminster is healthy again and Rider is in fiscal trouble – and eyeing the cash it could get for Westminster’s Princeton campus.
Whoa, Did Mozart Really Outsell Beyoncé This Year?
That’s what Universal Classics says: a major Mozart release this fall has sold 1.25 million CDs so far. In fact, it all depends on what exactly you’re counting.
San Francisco Symphony Cancels Tour To North Carolina In Protest
“In the months after HB2 became law, we have closely watched the fluctuating political landscape in hopes that the law would be overturned,” said Executive Director Brent Assink in a statement. “Because that has not yet happened, and due to pressing internal travel deadlines, the San Francisco Symphony has made the decision to cancel its concerts at this time.”