Yakov Kreizberg

by | Mar 15, 2011 | A view from the podium

Conductor Yakov Kreizberg has died at the unfathomable age of just 51 after a long illness. There are details on Norman Lebrecht’s blog and from his agent here. Here is an excerpt of her letter announcing his passing: It is with deep sorrow that we must announce...

RIP Aldo Clementi

by | Mar 15, 2011 | A view from the podium

Composer Aldo Clementi passed away last week at the age of 85. There have been nice tributes at The Rambler , Ravishdears and Boulezian. I came into professional contact with his music only once- we recorded two of his early works, Ideogrammi I and Ideogrammi II, with...

The next king

by | Mar 15, 2011 | A view from the podium

One of my favorite guessing games this year is “who will be the next Mahler?” The goal of this game is not to decide whether Schoenberg or Shostakovich was Mahler’s true musical heir (it’s likely they both thought they were). Rather, the question is over which...

Getting it just right

by | Mar 14, 2011 | A view from the podium

I’m a little frustrated that I haven’t had a chance to post in what looked on the calendar like a quiet week. This is often the case- a week without a concert ends up with so much off-the-podium activity crammed in that it feels even busier. Just as by a quirk of...