Last night at TPR Presents Beethoven

Rehearsing Beethoven

Awkward Classical Music Photos Friday Edition

Adams and Clare in NYC

Uncle Tom at Times Square

At the Mid Texas Symphony rehearsal

Cypress Quartet playing Griffes live on KPAC and KTXI

My grammy luck

Seems I have talked to a few nominees about their albums!

Joyce DiDonato about Diva/Divo: http://www.tpr.org/classicalspotlight/2011/01/cs1101202.html

Eric Whitacre about Light and Gold: http://www.tpr.org/classicalspotlight/2010/11/cs1011182.html

Yuja Wang about Rachmaninoff: http://www.tpr.org/classicalspotlight/2011/04/cs1104142.html

Naughty or nice?

Join me as Santa!

HOLIDAY POPS
December 16 & 17 at 8 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre
Ken-David Masur, conductor
San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers, Dr. John Silantien, director
Stiletto, vocalists
John Clare, Santa Claus

HOLIDAY FAMILY CELEBRATION
Sunday, December 18 at 1:30 p.m. at Laurie Auditorium

And while I won't be Kris Kringle at this concert, you should go!

SPECIAL CONCERT TO AID THE FOOD BANK
Monday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Coker United Methodist Church
The members of the San Antonio Symphony are offering a varied program that will include Handel’s Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1; Beethoven’s Octet in E flat for Winds; Allain’s “A Christmas Carol” with narrator, Deirdre Saravia from Texas Public Radio; and, the Brass section will be playing a selection of Holiday favorites to conclude the concert.

The purpose of the concert will be to help the Food Bank restock its shelves at a time of year when their stocks become most depleted due to the proximity of the two biggest Holidays of the year. This will be accomplished through the donation of non-perishable items as well as free will offerings made by our audience. 100% of the collection, food and money, will be given to the Food Bank.

For Symphony tickets call (210) 554-1010 or visit sasymphony.org.

Peter Lieuwen at SOLI concert talk

SOLI Chamber Ensemble concert talk at Gallery Nord

(They did the) Mozart Mash

It was a graveyard smash!


A mashup of three different Mozart K 488 recordings, Abbado, Grimaud and Lubin for some fortepiano!

Listen to the mp3 :)

Read the first line of the story closely

It's nice but...

John Williams is having statues made in Tanglewood of composers...very sweet.  He should probably erect some busts of Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Strauss soon, as he has made his entire career from ripping them off.  Oh, and Korngold and Dvorak as well.

Political commission!

I'd love to see a canidate have a new opera that is broadcast by the Met and concerts with an orchestra, stop paying for bad ads on tv and really do something for the economy and the arts.  Stop talking and put your money where it can be seen and heard by all, in a profound way.
Not in for a commission? How about having Nixon in China produced? A concert with Sousa and real American composers produced.
Come on Tea Party, Democrats and Republicans - do the right thing!

WBIMF: Hairpins save the day

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-1bFkxxA0A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my new iPad :)

Mark O'Connor 50 years

Congrats and happy birthday today to Mark O'Connor, fifty years young!
Thought you might enjoy an interview we did a few years ago at his place in NYC:
mp3 file








Here is some of Mark's artistry:

West Branch 2011

Filming Brahms at West Branch Music Festival

Party at West Branch Music Festival

A gathering after chamber music with friend from West Branch!