Classical Music

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After the Storm . . .

I’m not sure about you, but I’m already looking forward to putting 2020 in the rearview mirror.  We’re not even halfway through the year and we’ve weathered a catastrophic tornado and are grappling with a global pandemic . . . and we’re not out of the woods yet.  As our communities gradually reopen and we learn to adjust to what is a hopefully temporary “new normal”, we are all confronted with uncertainty and apprehension about the future.  But, even as we adjust to quarantine, social distancing, facemasks, and the elbow bump rather than the handshake – we can still takeRead More

A New Release from Avie:

Mythologies from Anna Clyne

On October 16th, 2020 AVIE Records released Mythologies, a feature on the composer Anna Clyne. This album includes five orchestral compositions, composed over a decade, recorded live by the BBCRead More

Live on the Internet:

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Egmont

Initially, one may ponder if Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday really needs to be celebrated with performances offered in his memory. Does extra attention need paid to a composer whoRead More

Nashville Opera

One Vote Won: A Streaming Must-See

Ask anyone from six months ago what they’d be doing right about now, and I’m sure it would be far different from what we’re pulling off now. For musicians, composers,Read More

From Navona Records:

Liza Stepanova’s ‘E Pluribus Unum’

Pianist Liza Stepanova’s August 28th release E Pluribus Unum on Navona Records is described on her website as “Born out of the political climate of 2017” and “an artistic responseRead More

Nashville Symphony's release

The Second Summer Release from the Nashville Symphony

Three weeks after cancelling the 20/21 season, the Nashville Symphony released a new recording featuring the music of the Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning composer Christopher Rouse. This recording, theRead More

A New Recording from the Nashville Symphony:

Aaron Jay Kernis’ Color Wheel and 4th Symphony, “Chromelodeon”

The Nashville Symphony just released it’s newest recording on Naxos’s American Classics series. Featuring two works by Pulitzer, Grammy and Grawemeyer Award winning composer Aaron Jay Kernis, Color Wheel (2001)Read More

A Virtual Release

Timbre Cierpke Debuts Digital Release ‘Gullfoss’

The subject of the arts during quarantine has been written about ad nauseam. I’ve found that these articles seldomly tackle the art or music they are tasked with, but insteadRead More

At the Schermerhorn

A “Simple Gift” from the Nashville Symphony

The program presented by the Nashville Symphony this past weekend had been highlighted on my calendar for a few months now.  All works performed were less than one hundred yearsRead More

At the Schermerhorn

The Conductor Saves the Day: Romantic Rhapsodies at the Schermerhorn

On the weekend of January 30 through February 1 the Nashville Symphony presented a concert titled Romantic Rhapsodies which featured Johannes Brahms Third Symphony (No. 3 in F major), GeorgeRead More