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Sunday at Grace Church1 comment

pspeer wrote 3 days ago: We had such a great time at Grace Church of the Nazarene Sunday.  Pastor Ken Dove welcomed us wit … more »

Tags: Concerts, Grace, School Choir

Dusseldorf, Cologne and Chocolate

LSO wrote 1 month ago: Since we last spoke, the LSO has been busy with Gergiev doing Mahler, Strauss and Mozart with Haitin … more »

Tags: Gareth Davies, andre previn, Bernard Haitink, Brahms, Bruckner, Chocolate, Cologne, Concert, dijon

Professor Meyer's Guide to Auditions. Some Difficult Solos #3

Carol wrote 1 month ago: Opera, L’Enfant et les Sortilèges by Ravel You can always count on Ravel to put a few harmoni … more »

Tags: double bass, instruction, London, London Philharmonic, Memories, Victor de Sabata, L'Enfant et laveles Sortilèges, Music, Musicians

The Life of the Long-Distance Conductor....2 comments

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: …or Planes, Trains and Hotels…. Over at the Inside the Classics blog, conductor Sarah Ha … more »

Tags: writing, Classical Music, Fiction, Orchestras, Perceval, Evan Quinn, conductors traveling, Character Development, Georg Solti

To "Maestro" or not to "Maestro"2 comments

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: This week I happened to catch a program on public television entitled “Maestro” about th … more »

Tags: writing, Research, Classical Music, Fiction, Orchestras, Valery Gergiev, Maestro

ASIMO Conducts Detroit Symphony While Detroit Cars Self-Destruct In The Parking Lot

jmjorat wrote 1 month ago: I know this has been blogged to death already, but I’ll take a shot. On April 23, ASIMO (Advan … more »

Tags: asimo, Detroit, Funny, Humor, Music, Robot, Robots, Symphony, Tech

Vaughan Williams

R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 2 months ago: When all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that a … more »

Tags: Music, Composers, Performance, Singers, UK, Orchestras, London, Concerts, Vaughan Williams

Stravinsky conducts L'oiseau de feu

R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 2 months ago: … more »

Tags: Music, Composers, Performance, Video, Stravinsky, Firebird

Donkey Shot in Vienna

Carol wrote 2 months ago: About fifty years ago I was playing with the Philharmonia Orchestra on a European tour with Herbert … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, Philharmonia, von Karajan, Tour Trivia, Heurigen, Vienna, Don Quixote, Richard Strauss

Tricky Rhythms

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Sarah Hatsuko Hicks, over at the Inside the Classics blog, has written again (”Preparation Thr … more »

Tags: writing, Research, Classical Music, Fiction, Minnesota Orchestra, Inside the Classics, Orchestra, Conducting, Sarah Hatsuko Hicks

Hands-on and Minds-on Activities

Dhani wrote 3 months ago: Click here to download the resource file (PowerPoint). The ideas were developed for the topic … more »

Tags: Education, Science, educational resource, Primary Science, hands on, Minds-on, Insulators

Professor Meyer's musings on Beethoven's Ninth Dr. Otto Klemperer #3

Carol wrote 3 months ago: I performed this several times including a recording with Dr. Klemperer and the Philharmonia in the … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, Philharmonia, Otto Klemperer, Beethoven's Ninth, Ode to Joy, scherzo

Professor Meyer's musings on Beethoven's Ninth. #2 Wilhelm Furtwängler

Carol wrote 3 months ago: I played the Ninth with Furtwängler twice. One in the late 1940’s with the London Philharmoni … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia, Wilhem Furtwängler, Furtwangler, Beethoven's Ninth, Kunsthausl Lucerne International Festival

Website: Overheard in NY

annieinmn wrote 3 months ago: Another of my favorite websites to read (while avoiding work) is Overheard in New York. Minneapolis … more »

Tags: What People Think of NYC, Websites, Overheard, Website, New York, Subway

Interview by Jason Heath1 comment

Carol wrote 3 months ago: Thank you to Jason Heath for sending me this interview with me which I am very pleased to put on m … more »

Tags: Benjamin Britten, double bass, English Opera Group, London, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Memories, Orchestral personalities, Philharmonia

Music Magazine's Article on Herbert von Karajan #3

Carol wrote 3 months ago: The row in Baltimore should never have happened.  We were all tired and, personally, I didn’t … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, Philharmonia, von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic, Legge, Manoug Parikan, Scala Opera

omds TC

elenaRAWR! wrote 3 months ago: omds. choir was amazingg yes. our conductors were fit (although matt beat greg tbh) but why did mat … more »

Tags: Choir, Singing

Herbert von Karajan #2

Carol wrote 3 months ago: Comment on article in BBC Music Magazine: I well believe von Karajan when he said he joined the Nazi … more »

Tags: double bass, Memories, London, London Philharmonic, von Karajan, Walter Legge, BBC Music Magazine, Peter Gibbs, Dennis Brain

Herbert von Karajan #1

Carol wrote 3 months ago: I was interested to read in the March 2008 copy of the BBC Music Magazine some accounts of Herbert v … more »

Tags: double bass, London, Philharmonia, von Karajan, Wilhem Furtwängler, Walter Legge, BBC Music Magazine, Gerald Brooks


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