Steve Reich talks about his new piece focusing on 9/11.
Listened to this a few times since it came out and it really is a fantastic piece of music.
Leonard Bernstein on modern music.
An absolutely fascinating short history of 20th century music as it stood in the early 50’s.
Some things you probably didn't know about Beethoven's so-called "Moonlight" sonata
and some fantastic playing to boot.
NPR's Best Music of 2009 lists.
Of particular interest to me simply because they seem to be the only publication aware of the fact that jazz and classical music still exists.
Explore the score: listen to Beethoven's 3rd while following the score and viewing markup.
I’ve always thought classical music requires a sort of undivided attention to what’s being played to be enjoyed. Follow the score and notes and see if you get anything out of it.
A Night At The Opera
I have a housemate up in this Jersey City ex-rectory named Brendan. He’s in the second year of the Seton Hall program I’m in. He is from Indiana originally and he loves doing things; he has a knack for finding free/cheap activities in New York City.
Last night, we went to the opera! Lincoln Center was enough of a treat to see, but my first opera was fantastic too.
Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes
I don’t know how to describe this particular TED talk with enough force and and passion to motivate you to watch it. I can only say with a pretty good deal of certainty that if you do watch it, you’ll be very glad you did. You will more than likely find yourself enjoying classical music more than you did before, regardless of how versed you may be.
Seriously, do yourself a favor and make time to watch it as soon as you can.
How Would You Do It?
A download of the “top 100 classical pieces” has finally finished. It’s not an official collection (seeing as I can’t find it on Amazon, Wikipedia, etc.) Here’s the tracklist (NSFW warning: there may be some underwear-clad women at that link).
The thing is, all the information is in the filename. I want to organize this in some way. Is it important to you to have the opera that a certain piece is from? If so, where in the iTunes file information should it go? Some of the selections aren’t from operas, though.
Some 2008 Music
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