“I give these inventors credit. They are launching their product at a moment when the market for sleep music is starting to stir. In recent months, I’ve encountered a surprising number of creative projects targeted at an unconscious audience. But this raises many questions: Is sleep music a real genre?”
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Without Music, Shakespeare Might Never Have Been Shakespeare
“The revelatory experience of candlelight and music in these indoor playhouses – the Blackfriars, the Whitefriars, the Fortune – meant that a theatre and music revolution was occurring, simultaneously with the growth of literacy.”
The Met’s Chandeliers – The ‘Sputniks’ – Rise Again
“The Met’s chandeliers play a silent role before performances: As the house lights dim, a dozen of them slowly ascend 65 feet to the auditorium’s golden ceiling. But after a faulty clutch put one out of commission, they all spent last season in place near the ceiling.”
The Weird Persistence Of Asking Composers To Write Pieces In Response To The Classics
“Commissioners try not to assign composers at random. In some cases, that’s easy, especially if the composers involved are performers, too.”
Bandcamp Is The Awesome Alternative To iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL And So Much More
“I often buy music on Bandcamp, because I know I’m putting a sandwich in someone’s mouth. But a lot more often, I just listen. All of the time I’ve spent there has felt beautifully unmediated, and mostly dedicated to one kind of music.”
Here’s How To Answer People Who Say They ‘Hate’ Contemporary Classical Music
“Subjectivity isn’t actually a matter of taste. It’s a matter of expectation.”
The Married-est Symphony Ever, Or, Whatever PR People Need To Do To Sell Tickets
“Six of the couples perform with the orchestra, and eight are in the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the orchestra’s all-volunteer choir. The BSO’s associate concertmaster and his freelance violinist wife are also performing.”
Who Goes To Choral Concerts? The Survey Says…
Personal relationships fuel the audiences for choral concerts. Among the children and youth choruses surveyed, four in five respondents have a familial or friendship relationship with a young performer. Among adult choruses, about a third of respondents reported having a relationship with a performer.
Met Opera Posts Balanced Budget Despite Falling Box Office, But Major Challenges Loom
“Despite a record low in paid attendance last season, the Metropolitan Opera is on track to balance its budget for the second year in a row, company officials said. … Below, a breakdown of the opera’s biggest challenges.”
Esa-Pekka Salonen Takes Newly-Created Post At Finnish National Opera And Ballet
For five years beginning next month, Salonen will be the company’s first Artist-in-Association. “[He] will take on responsibilities as a conductor, composer, artistic advisor and ambassador. He will also act as an ambassador for the FNOB in developing new partnerships, and will mentor emerging Finnish conductors.”