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On Brahms and life

Here is a very moving post from someone named reidmt (see annonymous blogging). I actually know who he is, as will many of my readers, but nevermind, I thought is was a good post.  Interestingly, I could have easily been in Pendleton this week for our youth camp at...

Rostropovich on DSCH

I’ve been trying to steer friends towards these interviews with Rostropovich for a long time, so I thought I would take Pliable’s idea and post the links here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/shostakovich/ram/rostropovich1.ram...

Anatomy of a flop

There are two reasons I don’t do reviews on this blog, much as I might be tempted. The first, and most compelling, reason is that I am aware of what a big, beautiful glass house I live in, and secondly, I don’t particularly want to piss people off in my field....

Odds and ends

I want to call reader’s attention to a lovely comment from Harriet Gedge, daughter of conductor David Gedge. I’m so happy to hear that David is coming along in his march to recovery, but it sounds like a truly arduous process. Other news today- over at oboeinsight, we...