Listening to the radio this afternoon, I chanced into a performance of the Eroica, which was clearly a modern recording, but the reading was slow and mannered in the old fashion. I switched off without…
(The qualifier “modern” may not be necessary; but neither proof — that it is necessary, or that it is not — would fit in the margin.) (originally posted 10 June 2015; has aged fairly well)
Why can we never call any thing by its right name? (originally posted 10 June 2015)
When schoolchildren are taught to use a ruler, are they being taught how to measure, or are they being taught why to measure? (originally posted 10 June 2015)
When you need a ruler, nothing else will do; but how often do you actually reach for one? (originally posted 10 June 2015)
…and William and Edward and Gustav and Ernest (aka “Old Raspberry” from his habit of, quite literally, falling down drunk). Wait, who now? British symphonists of the 1930s. For whatever reasons, possibly not totally unrelated…
I have been listening to some of Pierre Boulez’s recordings of Ravel from the 1970s and 1980s, with the Cleveland and the New York Phil. Boulez pays Ravel the compliment (if such it be) of…
Listening to the radio the other day – I know, a vicious habit – I chanced upon the Concerto for Orchestra by Lowell Liebermann. Liebermann’s works usually leave me with an impression of cynical eclecticism….
…are born insane; the purpose of education is to heal them. (originally posted 11 March 2015)
…watching conflicts in progress should take care how they end. (originally posted 11 March 2015)