http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/?rsssource=1 Personal perspectives on the world of classical music. Copyright 2008, Minnesota Public Radio Mon, 12 May 2008 15:58:30 -0600 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Gillian Martin Congratulations to Peter Moore, who won the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition yesterday. At 12-years-old, he's the youngest winner ever. Peter's a trombonist. At this point in his life, he is about the same height as his instrument.... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/when_my_mum_sai.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/when_my_mum_sai.shtml Mon, 12 May 2008 15:58:30 CDT Rex Levang The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an organization founded two centuries ago by John Adams and John Hancock, among others, has announced its newest members. In the classical music category, congratulations to Marin Alsop, conductor; Dawn Upshaw, singer; Anne... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/academy_of_arts.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/academy_of_arts.shtml Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:28 CDT Gillian Martin Congratulations to Albena Danailova! The Bulgarian violinist was appointed yesterday as concertmaster of the Vienna Staatsoper Orchestra. She was already a member of their first violin section, but promoting her to leader of the orchestra is significant--the Vienna Staatsoper didn't... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/a_little_estrog.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/a_little_estrog.shtml Fri, 09 May 2008 14:15:18 CDT Rex Levang Last night's Colbert Report now online, with singer Nathan Gunn and the inevitable mention of his strength training Possible expansion of St. Paul's Ordway Jeune Lune's Figaro is a triumph in California Cast your vote in the Van Cliburn competition... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/daily_classical_3.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/daily_classical_3.shtml Wed, 07 May 2008 13:52:22 CDT Rex Levang Baritone Nathan Gunn is scheduled to be on the Colbert Report tonight...the connection no doubt being his TV appearance in Camelot (Gunn's, not Colbert's).... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/i_wonder_what_s.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/i_wonder_what_s.shtml Tue, 06 May 2008 16:36:01 CDT Gillian Martin I find this curious: just as newspapers are letting their arts critics go left and right, the USC Annenberg School for Communication is launching a new Master's in Arts Journalism program. "This program will bring together journalists wanting to cover... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/creating_new_cr.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/creating_new_cr.shtml Tue, 06 May 2008 08:38:26 CDT John Birge FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 5, 2008 RICCARDO MUTI APPOINTED MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Maestro Muti begins his tenure with the CSO in 2010-2011 season Today, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association--with the unanimous approval from its Board of... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/muti_on_michiga.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/muti_on_michiga.shtml Mon, 05 May 2008 11:03:21 CDT Gillian Martin Wolfgang Wagner, director-for-life of the festival dedicated to his Grandpa Richard's operas in Bayreuth, Germany, is stepping down after almost 60 years on the job. While his daughters Eva Wagner-Pasquier, 63, and Katharina Wagner, 29, have submitted a proposal for... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/help_wanted_wag.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/help_wanted_wag.shtml Fri, 02 May 2008 11:13:34 CDT Rex Levang I see that Rufus Wainwright's new project (see Gillian Martin's post below) even gets a mentions on the Current's blog -- nothing like a new opera to light up the blogosphere. According to the New York Times article that Gillian... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/rufus_is_a_slyb.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/05/rufus_is_a_slyb.shtml Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 CDT Gillian Martin The Metropolitan Opera has commissioned a new opera from Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. He's an opera buff already--I only hope they get singers with better diction than his...... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/the_metropolita.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/the_metropolita.shtml Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:27:06 CDT John Birge Honda's ASIMO robot adds conductor to it's resume next month, when it conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Honda hopes ASIMO's appearance will draw attention to the DSO's youth music programs, as well as Honda's $1... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/asimo_conducts.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/asimo_conducts.shtml Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:48:03 CDT Rex Levang The big classical story of the day is about tenor Juan Diego Florez, who--very unusually--encored his big aria in "The Daughter of the Regiment, which contains nine high Cs. More to read and hear from NPR, and video of the... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/aria_with_9_or.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/aria_with_9_or.shtml Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:23:28 CDT Gillian Martin A story in the most recent Minnesota Monthly explains why the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's change in its approach to management is so different from other orchestras--and so successful. "There's something about the traditional orchestral environment that makes musicians forget... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/the_st_paul_mod.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/the_st_paul_mod.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:00:40 CDT Gillian Martin Two more newspapers in major markets have dropped their music critics. LA Weekly in Los Angeles fired Alan Rich last week and Melinda Bargreen accepted a buyout offer from the Seattle Times this week. LA Weekly will discontinue its classical... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/another_two_bit.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/another_two_bit.shtml Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:24:19 CDT Rex Levang The big news story in Norway these days is the opening of a new opera house in Oslo--the first real one they've had (as opposed to opera in theaters built for other purposes). In this video you can see, compressed... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/norways_new_ope.shtml?rsssource=1 http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/archive/2008/04/norways_new_ope.shtml Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:32:11 CDT