The organic orchestra

by | Oct 24, 2006 | A view from the podium, Music and Media

I want to share some interesting thoughts from Greg Sandow  via email on my analogies of orchestras and organics…… “Ken,   Those are really good points… I love the organic food analogy. Made me ruminate a bit, and I came up with two thoughts.   1. If the...

UPDATED- Hello, I must be going

by | Oct 22, 2006 | A view from the podium

This just in-  Christoph Eschenbach has resigned as Music Director of the Philadelphia Orchestra and will be concluding his tenure at the end of the 2007-8 season.  More thoughts to follow.  UPDATE- This from Adam Shatzman suggests that Eschenbach has goten a raw deal...

NPO OCT 21

by | Oct 20, 2006 | A view from the podium

Just a quick reminder that I’ll be performing tomorrow, October 21st, with the Nottingham Philharmonic at the Albert Hall in Nottingham. I’ve heard from quite a few of you around the Nottingham area who’ve found out about the blog from the NPO website or their press...

Try something new

by | Oct 20, 2006 | A view from the podium

I was just writing this morning in another venue about the rewards of learning to love music you hate. I believe any great work of art has to have aspects which get under our skin, which frustrate us, which piss us off. That’s part of the difference between...