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Two Several news items from this week:
Cincinnati Symphony & Pops Put Recordings On Hold
Telarc Label to Suspend Producing Recordings
Classical Music Thrives in Virtual ‘Second Life’
Musicians: Radio Stations Should Pay Us Royalties
Free Streaming Audio: Fighting Piracy?
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Most bloggers took a look back at 2008, but I’d like to look forward, instead. I’ll take some chances and make a few predictions of what I think will happen in 2009, and also talk about some things that I’d like to happen in 2009 as well.
First, my predictions:
1. The Oregon Symphony will finish its [...]
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Sam Bergman over at Inside the Classics Arts writes today about the efforts to attract the elusive (and some say mythical) 18-40 year old audience to orchestral concerts. He offers the idea of a later concert that might synch up with the predilictions of that age group:
But there are ways to massage these things, and [...]
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Caught this article on Yahoo about the recent (and very small) expansion in the recording activities of some US orchestras.
Here’s the first couple paragraphs:
NEW YORK (Billboard) – Not long ago, American orchestras considered the notion of creating new recordings an almost impossible dream.
Among the hurdles: longstanding union regulations that made the process untenably expensive in [...]
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Last night we performed the first of our three concerts of Classical 8 – whose program is:
James MacMillan – The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (Oregon premiere)
Felix Mendelssohn – Complete Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
It wouldn’t have occurred to me without hearing Carlos mention it in his remarks before the performance, but the [...]
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So it’s crunch time. I can feel it in my bones – actually in my bow-arm’s shoulder and my back. News which would normally be met with a shrug and “what can ya do?” is instead met with grumbled obscenities and toe-curling rage on the drive home. I feel sorry for the people that have to drive on the roads with me on my way home this week – they’re getting called every name in the book.* On the bright side, I usually only feel a simple sense of tiredness by the time I get home.
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Rehearsals are an interesting animal. Maybe this is because they are run by conductors, who are very interesting animals, while they are largely inflicted upon orchestral musicians, who are very, very interesting animals.
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David Stabler breaks the story that the Cascade Head Music Festival’s founder and artistic director, Sergiu Luca, has left the festival. This is a tremendous loss for the Oregon festival scene, and I hope that he finds a way to get back into the Oregon arts circles again.
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The month of January holds some big programs for us here at the Oregon Symphony. This week we begin with rehearsals for next weekend’s classical series 6 concerts under Resident conductor Gregory Vajda, which includes Bartók’s complete score to his ballet-pantomime The Miraculous Mandarin, and Paul Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Next week Carlos Kalmar [...]
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Conductor and blogger extraordinaire William Eddins writes an excellent post about taking part in a music director search – as a prospective candidate – by the Charlotte Symphony.Â
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Some recent items for your consideration:
Detroit Confident in Slatkin – from the Detroit Free Press
Life and Death – is length of life everything for a composer?, from the New York Times
Broader Audience for Classical Radio – classical radio done right – from the Chicago Tribune
Changes at Utah Symphony and Opera? – from the Deseret Morning [...]
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I added to the recent post about David Stabler’s list of the best classical events of 2007 to include the joint performance by Third Angle and fEARnoMusic. Check out the expanded post here.
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In the upcoming Sunday edition of the New York Times, several letters are printed in the Arts section – you can read the complete letters (as printed) here.
Here are some of the best parts of some of them:
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The Seattle Times’ classical music critic Melinda Bargreen reports on the bizarre classical music news that occurred around the world in 2007. Unfortunately (and am I sensing a pattern here?) she neglected to mention a couple items from her own backyard:
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