“Each contributed something unique to the fabric of sound that defined our orchestra. Yes, each can be replaced, but each replacement alters the sonic chemistry. And you could also rip out parts of a Monet or a Picasso masterpiece and graft onto that canvas a lesser artist’s work. That might be called artistic vandalism.”
Category: music
LA’s Disney Hall Is Great. But…
“Yet Disney Hall is not what it could be. Panicky cost-cutting measures during construction left out elements that would have made the exterior and lobby more dazzling and the hall more flexible. The Music Center, which maintains the hall, seems in danger of taking the venue for granted, not eager to invest in it when it can bask in glory by doing nothing. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning a subway line under the hall, raising concerns that train vibrations will spoil the sound.”
Record Label Sues Spotify – Not For Streaming Music But For Streaming Playlists
“Dance record label Ministry of Sound is suing music streaming service Spotify, claiming Spotify playlists copy its compilation albums.”
Has Jazz Moved Beyond Its Masculine Narrative?
“Jazz has often been framed within a masculinist narrative, and now more than ever, that story feels outdated.”
An Orchestra All About Community Service
“Nationally reknowned as the ‘suitcase symphony,’ the Raleigh-based orchestra traveled roughly 18,000 miles across the state, performing everywhere from Asheville to Wilmington, from Salisbury to Southern Pines.”
Edinburgh Festival – More Tickets Sold, Less Money Made
“A total 158,500 tickets were issued this year, up 22,000 on last year and just short of the 166,000 in 2003. Box office income was £2.43 million, the lowest since Jonathan Mills took over as director in the autumn of 2006.”
After A Difficult Year, The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Gets Back To Work
“To be borne back into the SPCO’s recent past would be to revisit quarreling and unhappiness — the stuff that results from a bitter, protracted labor dispute. As the season opens this week with Edo de Waart conducting Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the ensemble hopes to move past the past and embrace the future.”
New York’s Music Conservatories Take A Turn To Business
“I think the semi-crisis we’re in could be one of the best things that could ever happen to classical music.”
A New Period Instrument Movement
“In the United States, a growing number of musicians are drawn to the heightened expressive potential of period instruments.”
Nigel Kennedy Talks About Conductors
“I think conductors are completely over-rated anyway, because if you love music, why not play it? Why wave around and get off on some ego shit? I don’t think the audience give a shit about the conductor. Not unless they’ve been pumped full of propaganda from classical music writing or something.”