The great violist and conductor Milton Katims has passed away in Seattle. Here are some links which help to illustrate the life of this great artist, who played principal viola in Toscanini’s NBC Symphony and was the music director of the Seattle Symphony from 1954 – 1976. Eulogy by friend and former SSO concertmaster Ilkka
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Here’s the latest in a series of articles about how undemonstrative and boring American orchestra musicans are. From the Chicago Sun-Times. Link to Article Here’s my take on the phenomenon. I love watching European orchestras play, especially the Berlin Philharmonic. They move like a teeming coral reef of musicality, with the violas being a school
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A couple of good articles about growth and life in Portland: Article 1 (Willamette Week) – High unemployment. More businesses. Lower income. More newcomers. It ain’t business as usual. Article 2 (The Australian) – Dense, arty neighbourhoods have failed to attract talent and capital, writes Joel Kotkin. What people really want is affordable space.
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I did a search on a local (Portland, Oregon) real estate site a few weeks ago looking for a home in the price range for which I could qualify for a bank loan. I got two hits: both were single-wide mobile homes in less desireable neighborhoods. This shouldn’t have been a surprise to me: over
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For those of you who made it to the Oregon Symphony’s last subscription series this past weekend, you were treated to wonderful, expressive performances of Alban Berg’s great Violin Concerto. No doubt, many of you were intrigued by the snippets of information given both in Maestro Kalmar’s introductory talks and the program notes, so here
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