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Favorite Albums (and Streams) of 2020
Posted on December 8, 2020 Leave a Comment
Can I be perfectly honest for a second? I almost didn’t write this blog post. This year has been unbelievably challenging and draining on so many levels—COVID, protests, wildfires, murder hornets… need I continue? For a good while, a year-end wrap-up of my favorite albums from 2020 seemed like an almost pointless, even naive, undertaking. […]
Wagner Guilt
Posted on March 16, 2020 Leave a Comment
Below is another guest contribution from Tanner Cassidy, author of last month’s post on issues of programming in classical music. Here, Tanner addresses his conflicting relationship with Wagner, his music, and his complex legacy. I have suffered tremendous loss in a time of tremendous loss. At the end of a string of announced cancellations, the […]
R.I.P. Christopher Rouse (1949-2019)
Posted on September 30, 2019 Leave a Comment
On September 21, 2019, the classical music world bade a sad farewell to Christopher Rouse, one of America’s most esteemed contemporary composers. Winner of numerous awards—including the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for his Trombone Concerto—Rouse’s compositions reflect a vast and sophisticated musical palette, treading confidently between ear-shattering dissonances (heard in his jaw-dropping tone poem Gorgon) and […]
