Listen harder

Endurance sessions of comparative listening are not for everyone’s taste, but, aided by sufficient quantities of libations and good company, it can be great fun, and certainly illuminating. It’s easy to fall into the trap of taste-testing, listening to a few cool bits...

Halftime show part II

In part two of my halftime show, I want to have a quick look at some of the repertoire I’ve been working on since the season got started.                                                                                                     Popular as a few of his works...

Ormandy on Sibelius

Eugene Ormandy talks about Sibelius Meeting Sibelius for the first time, I had the impression of being in the presence of someone almost superhuman.  Here was a being I had admired and looked up to all my life — and suddenly I was in his presence.  He was a...