Bach highlights Yogyakarta music fest Nov 7, 2008
Alongside Mozart and Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach is one of Europe's most famous composers. J.S. Bach (1685-1850) was a virtuoso organist who was famous throughout Germany even during his lifetime, a fame which only a few famous classic composers equaled. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Events calendar Nov 7, 2008
The program includes Haydn "Trio in D" for flute, cello and piano; Beethoven "Theme and Variations" for oboe, violin and viola; and Mozart "Piano Quartet in E-flat Major." The ensemble was founded in 1957 and has been in residence at the Vermont Mozart Festival since 1974 ... The program includes Beethoven "String Trio in G Major"; Telemann sonata for flute and oboe; and Turina quartet for piano and strings. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Jane Fonda returns to B'way in '33 Variations' Nov 4, 2008
The Academy Award-winning actress will star in "33 Variations," a play by Moises Kaufman about a present-day musicologist (played by Fonda) and her study of Beethoven's fascination with a particular piece of music ... "For Tectonic Theater Project, this piece is the culmination of an investigation into the creative life of Beethoven, and Ms. Fonda is the perfect person to lead us on that journey," Kaufman said. (Yahoo News)
Gilmore Creek Summer Theatre to take year off due to weak economy Nov 4, 2008
With the Great River Shakespeare Festival, Minnesota Beethoven Festival and summer productions by Rock Solid Youth Center, Fountain City River Players and Home and Community Options, Charron said the summer theater market in Winona is pretty saturated. Charron said that SMU will continue to support other arts organizations by encouraging others to attend the festivals and attending them himself. (Winona Daily News, MN)
About the Arts: Stunning Beethoven, glorious soprano Nov 3, 2008
Who ever thought that the Melrose Symphony could play Beethoven s Seventh Symphony ... But on Saturday night, Oct. 25, that ever-hopeful, ever-reaching orchestra, under the magical hand of Yoichi Udagawa, brought to the full house in Memorial Hall an exciting, spellbinding and intense performance of that great symphony this writer s favorite Beethoven along with the Pastoral, his Sixth ... We welcomed her encore, Sakura, Sakura, a popular Japanese folk song, enhanced by the harp of Judy Ross,... (Danvers Herald, MA)
The trials and triumphs of living with genius Nov 1, 2008
"Pallid", "erratic", "incoherent", "Beethoven on Prozac" are some of less complimentary descriptions of his playing. The subtext, Gillian believes, is musical snobbery: the sneer that her husband is only on the professional circuit because people who know nothing about classical music have seen Shine. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The maestro who can't wait to start Oct 31, 2008
"The Enigma is the masterpiece of all time. It is recognised all over the world as just a fantastic masterpiece. In America once I read a terrible review. Somebody I can't remember who called it 'irrelevant music'. Well, that's unbelievable. Not everybody can be Beethoven and Mozart - Rachmaninoff is not, Elgar maybe not, Sibelius not, but they offer something unique, something idiomatic and very valid.". And Prokofiev. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Stunning Beethoven, glorious soprano Oct 31, 2008
Who ever thought that the could play Beethoven s Seventh Symphony ... But on Saturday night, Oct. 25, that ever-hopeful, ever-reaching orchestra, under the magical hand of Yoichi Udagawa, brought to the full house in Memorial Hall an exciting, spellbinding and intense performance of that great symphony this writer s favorite Beethoven along with the Pastoral, his Sixth ... Beethoven is such a staple of all orchestras, his symphonies so popular and oft performed, that taking on his Seventh with... (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Classical Music Treat for Halloween Oct 29, 2008
Beethoven, Ludwig van: Ghost Piano Trio. A nickname of Beethoven's Piano Trio in D op. (Suite101.com)
Workshop celebrates 41st year of making music Oct 29, 2008
The fall workshop will feature the piano and harpsichord Renaissance music of Titelouse; Baroque music by Marais, Purcell, Telemann and music from Bach s French Suite; classical music by Schubert and Beethoven and movements from Mozart s Viennese Sonatina No. 3; Romantic music by Tchaikovsky, Schumann, music from Greig s Lyric Pieces; and contemporary music of Joplin, Prokofiev, Rakiff and Zimmer. Alto and tenor recorder selections will include Van Eyck from the Renaissance, Bach from the... (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Leonard Bernstein's genius lives on CDs and DVDs Oct 26, 2008
The seven DVDs of his sparkling Beethoven symphonies are scheduled to be released next month ... This being 1954, there was only one television set in the house and if I was going to watch TV it was going to be this Leonard Bernstein guy explaining how Ludwig van Beethoven wrote the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ... Bernstein pointed with his shoe to the opening notes and said in his Harvard-inflected smooth tones, "Three Gs and an E flat" and proceeded to show how the movement... (Boston Globe)
Despite its nice, classical music could use revival Oct 25, 2008
Carnegie Hall and New York Philharmonic concerts of Bach followed by Beethoven followed by Brahms arguably require religious reverence rather than the active, passionate engagement of a lights-on (or lights-flashing) rock, jazz, pop, alt-rock, or pop-electronic (choose your own terminology if you like) music experience ... He recognizes that the Bach-Beethoven-Brahms institution has its place, but emphasizes that the type of concert that we associate with tradition is not, in fact, so... (Yale Herald, CT)
Jazz musician Branford Marsalis gives advice ahead of concert Oct 23, 2008
Marsalis will perform with Marsalis Brasilianos on Sunday at the Winona Middle School Auditorium as part of the Minnesota Beethoven Festival. The tour started Oct. 2 and consists of 27 concerts in 38 days. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Wrecking records for art Oct 22, 2008
His taste runs more to Led Zeppelin, Kraftwerk and the occasional Beethoven symphony. "I didn't touch my own stuff," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Economy hurts Fresno art scene Oct 22, 2008
"We don't anticipate any catastrophic thing to happen with our organization."The Fresno Philharmonic's all-Beethoven concert this past weekend drew about 1,900 in two performances -- a number that general director Don Reinhold called disappointing ... "I was a little disappointed. I thought Beethoven would draw more people in."While ticket sales are slow, it's too early to tell whether sponsorships and donations also will be down this year, many arts organizations said ... JOHN WALKER / THE... (Fresno Bee -- Local)
Steven Lipsitt composes with playful intent Oct 19, 2008
The BCO concentrates on chamber orchestra repertoire music of the classical era, stretching from Haydn to early Beethoven, with occasional forays into the Baroque and Romanticism ... Still, he says, "If we can play a new piece for an audience that thinks it only wants to hear Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven, and get them to leave the hall thinking it was a valuable interaction, I think in some ways that's more important than the specialized new-music groups preaching to the choir." ... "So the... (Boston Globe)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Atomic anomie Oct 19, 2008
Adams sparse, stately Tromba Lontana was performed instead, alongside Beethovens rousing Ninth Symphony. The resort to Beethoven, both in London and all over the world, made many of us painfully aware of a distressing reality, he says ... So will there be no more Beethovens Ninth Symphonies or Mozart C Minor Masses. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] Oct 17, 2008
German musicians Reinhold Heise (violin) and Ulf Schade (cello), and Tseng Yi-fei (@) play works by Beethoven, Dvorak and Franke. Today at 7:30pm. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Soothing Music Reduces Stress, Anxiety And Depression During Pregnancy Oct 15, 2008
The lullaby CD included songs like Brahms Lullaby and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and composers like Beethoven and Debussy were included on the classic CD. The nature sounds included Tropical Mystery and Friendly Natives and the crystals CD comprised Chinese children s rhymes and songs, like Little Honey-Bee and Jasmine. Women taking part in the music group were given copies of the CDs and asked to listen to them for 30 minutes a day for two weeks. (Science Daily)
1,000 recordings you absolutely must hear Oct 14, 2008
The list includes six albums from the Beatles and six works by Beethoven. The newest disc is heavy rockers Mars Volta s The Bedlam in Goliath from this year, and the oldest is a collection of Enrico Caruso arias recorded before 1920. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
This Week: Arts and entertainment picks Oct 13, 2008
Beethoven has become the pet project of this Hungarian-born pianist-conductor, who's close to completing a performance series of all 32 of the master's piano sonatas in chronological order. Schiff, whose intimacy with the music's moods is unmatched, also loves to talk about Beethoven. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Symphony opener a tour de force Oct 7, 2008
This opening night, which took place between a cocktail reception and a dancing soiree at the US Grant Hotel, has set the bar high indeed, and one can only wonder how the rest of the year at Copley Symphony Hall with favorites from Mahler, Holst, Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bach, and a world premiere by Bright Sheng will play out. Roxana Popescu, a San Diego writer, has written for the Union-Tribune, Newsweek, the Seattle Times, and the International Herald Tribune. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Boston Symphony kincks off new season, pushes college discounts Oct 3, 2008
Sponsored by UBS, a financial services company, the program includes performances featuring the works of Beethoven, Mozart, and Brahms. According to Karl Jacobson, attendee of the opening night, " The College Card is a good idea to get young people involved in classical music. It seems like the crowds are getting older and older. It's great to see young people exposed to different music." Len Coppola, an executive director of sales for a brand of vacation resorts finds the College Card... (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
More of this story Oct 3, 2008
Plus, Andras Schiff completes his two-year cycle of Beethoven piano sonatas (Oct ... 24) and then the L.A. Phil in a mix of traditional European and contemporary works, including Beethoven and Ligeti (Nov. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Ring in the Symphony Oct 3, 2008
"It's because we have our very own and very strong music traditions, Hindustani and Carnatic. This is in contrast to China or Japan wh 00004000 ere there has been a discontinuity from their old classical traditions." Fair enough reason, but the question to be confronted now is that in a world becoming smaller, where Indians move easily from one country to another, where there is transfer of know-ledge in every possible field, should we continue to say that our own musical world is enough, that... (India Times, India)
BMOP brings Ditson to a contemporary close Sep 25, 2008
Modeled after Haydn and Beethoven, the Sinfonia, with its jabbing offbeats and edgy orchestration, pulls off a neat historical slingshot, reaching back in time to hurl itself into the present. In contrast, Paul Moravec's 2000 "Montserrat," a cello concerto steeped in borrowed past authority (a tribute to Casals, with a main motive borrowed from plainchant by way of Monteverdi), didn't seem to have much purpose beyond a lengthy satisfaction in its own neo-Romantic, anti-modernist vocabulary. (Boston Globe)
Classical music makes better sausages? Sep 25, 2008
The Tegut nature food company employs a string quartet playing Mozart and Beethoven to the sausages on Sunday mornings. The company's boss says the soothing music makes the meat taste even better. (FOX23.com, OK)
The Air This Week Sep 24, 2008
2 p.m. Fabio Luisi/Dresden Staatskapelle: Weber, Beethoven (Helene Grimaud), Richard Strauss, Bernhard Lang (BBC Radio 3). 8 p.m. Harmonia: early music (WMUK: ). (Boston Globe)
Musical canvas: Artists create 'Painted Violins' for Missoula Symphony Sep 22, 2008
One of my daughters is quite good at piano and she had a piece of music by Beethoven on sheet music, so I painted some of the score to that in there. Someone pointed out that that's piano music and this is a violin, which shows my musical ignorance, but oh well. (Missoulian, MT)
A search for the spirit of BSO seasons past Sep 21, 2008
That same season, Levine's second, he also unveiled an inspired two-year series pairing the music of Beethoven and Schoenberg ... On one memorable November night, the violinist Christian Tetzlaff unspooled astonishing back-to-back performances of the Beethoven Violin Concerto and the Schoenberg Violin Concerto, and on both ends of the program, Levine led the orchestra in an arrangement of Beethoven's stunningly visionary "Grosse Fuge." Very few concerts manage to be both intellectually rewarding... (Boston Globe)
* Schmalfuss and the ESO: making sweet music together Sep 21, 2008
As a member of the elite Consortium Classicum, hes recorded many chamber works for wind instruments by, among others, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. Hes also known in the musical world for having discovered some lost scores by Antonio Casimir Cartellieri, a contemporary of Beethoven who died young ... Theyre in a style that lies somewhere between Haydn and middle-period Beethoven, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Editors notes: Roll over Beethoven Sep 19, 2008
Editors notes: Roll over Beethoven - Kingston, MA - Kingston Reporter ... Editors notes: Roll over Beethoven ... When the New World Chorale lets loose Saturday night, they will be singing Ode to Joy, the grand finale to Beethoven s last symphony, his ninth. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Passionate embrace ends with a bang Sep 19, 2008
The downside was that the bottom-heavy sound drew attention to his ponderous side, particularly in Beethoven and Schubert where mellowness sometimes drifted off into the never-never. The sound didn't catch on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Talk of the Town: Shake, rattle and bow wow! Sep 17, 2008
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra season opens on Thursday, Sept. 25, and features departing Concert Master Steven Moeckel performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto. Moeckel was recently named Concert Master of the Phoenix Symphony. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
* SUNDAY PROFILE: Herbig brings his poise to the NSO Sep 14, 2008
The concert in Kaohsiung on September 20 will repeat the Meistersinger Prelude and the Brahms Symphony No. 1, and add the two Beethoven Romances for Violin and Orchestra, and another by Pablo Sarasate for two violins and orchestra, played by the NSOs two concertmasters. Instrumentalists of the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) like working under the internationally renowned conductor Gunther Herbig for two reasons, I gather. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Almost Cuddly Beethoven Sep 13, 2008
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was a terrifying specter for any ambitious composer who came afterward ... The Symphony Chorus, sounding especially dynamic under director Ragnar Bohlin, unleashed Beethoven's paragraphs with precisely calibrated fervor, and the solo singing - by soprano Erin Wall, mezzo-soprano Kendall Gladen, tenor Garrett Sorenson and bass Alastair Miles - was breathtakingly fine across the board. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
EG Listings: Sep 13, 2008
MSO present classics by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky ... Program includes Messe Solennelle by Langlais, Sonata Appassionata by Beethoven and Arise, Shine for Thy Light is Come by Rutter. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Vernon Handley Sep 11, 2008
Many of his concerts and recordings included such mainstream fare as violin concertos by Beethoven and Bruch, overtures by Dvo ;k and symphonies by Schubert. Handley was principal conductor of the Ulster Orchestra (1985-89) and principal guest conductor, later conductor emeritus, of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (1989-95) he will be remembered particularly for his recordings of the complete symphonies of Vaughan Williams and of Herbert Howells's Hymnus Paradisi, both with the RLPO.... (Telegraph.co.uk)
Don Chambers' 'Zebulon' marches on to Southern greatness Sep 11, 2008
"Falling off the Edge of the World" (2) Perhaps the closest thing to a mainstream pop number that Chambers and company have produced to date - the fade out is a nice touch - "Edge" plays appealingly like a lost Camper Van Beethoven track with Mark Knopfler at the mic. Beyond the Random Sample. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Front Row: Classical Music Sep 7, 2008
Boston Baroque is presenting a semi-staged version of Handel's "Xerxes" with the male soprano Michael Maniaci in Jordan Hall Oct. 24 and 25; the British keyboard player and early music star Richard Egarr leads the Handel and Haydn Society in Mozart and Beethoven on Nov. 7 and 9; and the Boston Early Music Festival, in addition to its ongoing concert series, offers an evening of fully staged chamber operas (by Blow and Charpentier) in Jordan Hall on Nov. 29. www. (Boston Globe)
Pleasant little piano piece may be Beethoven's last work Sep 6, 2008
Stephanie McCallum plays Bagatelle in F Minor, part of the final work Beethoven composed for piano ... IS THIS Beethoven's last work for piano ... "Beethoven almost never used clefs or key signatures so you have to think about it but once you do crack the code it's clear.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Trans Siberian Orchestra Sep 6, 2008
O Neil, Kinkel and Oliva wrote: Christmas Eve and Other Stories , The Christmas Attic , Beethoven s Last Night , and The Lost Christmas Eve ... They have several albums out that include: Christmas Eve and Other Stories, The Christmas Attic, Beethoven s Last Night, The Ghost of Christmas Eve, The Lost Christmas Eve, and The Christmas Trilogy. (Suite101.com)
Arts Calendar: Classical Music Sep 5, 2008
Nov. 6-8: Beethoven No. 5 with pianist Ingrid Fliter. Nov. 14-15: Cirque de la Symphonie. (Florida Times-Union)
Maximum minimalism Sep 4, 2008
But since minimalism is, by definition, minimal, one envisions creatures from some musical Lilliput engulfing Beethoven and Brahms. Yet minimalism has evolved to a point where John Adams' newest opera, The Flowering Tree, commands attention musically and dramatically as handily as Verdi. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Sharp talker Aug 30, 2008
" Keys sped through performance art school, where she was valedictorian, and won a scholarship to Columbia University. She began learning classical piano aged six; at early record company showcases, she would play Beethoven to warm up. At the age of 15 she employed a manager and hit the circuit, playing gigs for big-label executives. Keys charmed the seasoned industry veterans. She was a throwback. The real deal. A bidding war ensued, and she was signed by Columbia Records for $400,000,... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Robert Bass, director and conductor of the Collegiate Chorale; at 55 Aug 29, 2008
Mr. Bass's discography includes the premiere recording of Strauss's "Friedenstag" and Beethoven cantatas with Deborah Voigt. He worked with many other top-drawer vocal soloists, including Bryn Terfel, Salvatore Licitra, Elizabeth Futral, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Ewa Podles. (Boston Globe)
Boston Chamber Music Society Beethoven festival ends on autumnal note Aug 27, 2008
Summer Beethoven festival ends with autumnal air ... CAMBRIDGE - The hazy indolence of summer - "When inspiration lags, and feeling sleeps," as Amy Lowell put it - isn't the most obvious match for the music of Beethoven, with its capacity to engulf the ear like a named storm ... Nonetheless, the Boston Chamber Music Society has spent this August offering a miniature four-concert Beethoven festival, concluding this past Saturday. (Boston Globe)
At Tanglewood, a tradition expanded with more Beethoven Aug 25, 2008
Christoph von Dohnanyi conducted Beethoven's Ninth ... LENOX - The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season concluded this weekend with a blast of Beethoven - and nothing but - sustained over three concerts, and culminating in yesterday's traditional season-ending performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ... The weekend's three concerts contained all three of the best-known Beethoven symphonies - the "Eroica," the Fifth, and of course the Ninth - dispensed one per program. (Boston Globe)
Did Beethoven die of lead poisoning... Aug 23, 2008
Did Beethoven die of lead poisoning ... Did Beethoven die of lead poisoning ... Did Beethoven die of lead poisoning. (Suite101.com)
Music mooves cows to make milk Aug 22, 2008
Playing the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Strauss to the cows. It s pleasant for them and for me, too, and it passes the day, Sindlis told Yediot Achronot. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Prom 41: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Mackerras at the ... Aug 19, 2008
Sunday's concert offered another choral masterpiece, Beethoven's Mass in C, sympathetically performed by the BBC Singers and the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox. Beethoven and Mozart (Symphony No34) framed Nigel Osborne's Flute Concerto, a work of strange and special beauty, with every elusive sound from its small orchestra perfectly distilled, it seemed, from the quintessence of the flute's own character. (Times Online)
SummerFest takes flight on Messiaen's timeless notes Aug 19, 2008
Yet the passages also symbolized Messiaen's quest for the ineffable, a quest that links him to such composers as Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Mahler. As you listened to the Quartet, which evoked everything from birds and bells to rainbows and stars, the music was a lesson in cosmic consciousness. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Look before you leap, Gustavo Aug 17, 2008
Hearing Beethoven expertly played in the style of Bach is, after all, the kind of thing you come to Edinburgh for. Scottish Opera premiered its new production of Smetana's The Two Widows, to which I will return when it reaches Glasgow in October. (guardian.co.uk)
In Britain, a storm over prospects of a lost vibrato Aug 14, 2008
He and other period-performance evangelists moved from the Baroque through Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven to the Romantics, and some now lap at the early 20th century, when Elgar was composing. The movement calls for the use of instruments of the day, but also different techniques: cleaner articulation, sometimes swifter tempos, clarity of texture and, of course, less vibrato. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
SummerFest plays with the instruments of change Aug 12, 2008
They didn't only have a chance, they had a high-quality showcase, presented with artistry and an unwavering conviction worthy of classics by Bach, Beethoven or Brahms ... Ravel's Sheherazade and Chansons Madecasses ( Songs of Madagascar ); Beethoven's String Quartet in F Major; Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Moab music festival Aug. 28-Sept. 13 Aug 11, 2008
For the final weekend, audiences can cruise to a wilderness grotto by jet boat to hear Beethoven and Ravel; hike to a violin-and-cello concert on a trail; and hear fiddling, flutes and pipes at the Sorrel River Ranch Resort & Spa. For tickets or more information, go to or call 435-259-7003. (Yahoo News)
Community Events Aug 9, 2008
The 2008-2009 season will include masterpieces by Beethoven and Brahms. The opening concert will feature soprano Junko Watanabe, who will perform opera arias; pianist Miyuki Otani will perform in March; and the vocal duet of soprano Mara Bonde and baritone Donald Wilkinson will be the featured performance in May. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
“Talk Radio” Aug 8, 2008
He drove to Washington, thinking about his speech ("Public radio is an invisible asset in America. There are radio stations for aging rock-and-rollers, the religious right, the audience with metal things stuck in their heads, the deer-hunting, beer-drinking audience, and there should be one for folks who find spiritual sustenance in great music. Beethoven, Mozart, and Puccini are part of the broad humanistic tradition that we all draw water from, where we find centrist values such as tolerance,... (The Atlantic Online)
Best season ever Aug 6, 2008
He added that Saturday night's choice of music, Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony, "was based on the musicians' willingness to adapt to the mind of Beethoven. There was no room for individualism." He added that other composers show off their musicianship in the opposite way. They depend on musicians showcasing their virtuosity. (Durango Herald)
Kolb: Musical garbage trucks prompt questions and stereotypes Aug 2, 2008
Tehran garbage trucks played Beethoven symphonies as they made their rounds. Beethoven symphonies ... We in Somerville, unlike the Iranians, are legatees of Western culture, but can you imagine the hue and cry if City Hall were to announce that it was insisting that Somerville s garbage trucks played Beethoven symphonies. (Somerville Journal, MA)
* [CLASSICAL DVD REVIEWS] Jul 30, 2008
Seven composers X Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Puccini X are each the subject of a 59-minute film ... Included in the long program are Beethovens First Symphony, Bartoks Concerto for Orchestra, Dvoraks Rondo for Cello and Orchestra (with Sun Hsiao-mei (]pA) as soloist), five Schubert songs sung by Liau Chong-boon (o), and orchestral versions of two Taiwanese folk songs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Beethoven and the blogs Jul 29, 2008
The family went first to Vienna where Isserlis's father and grandfather encountered a 102-year-old woman who had met Beethoven ... Beethoven is one of several composers Isserlis wrote about in his first children's book Why Beethoven Threw The Stew ... au/news/arts/beethoven-and-the-blogs/2008/07/28/1217097143864. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Unfamiliar riches in a familiar room Jul 27, 2008
Off the top of my head, there s the Mendelssohn Symphony No. 2 (Lobgesang), which I find quite beautiful even if its devotion to Beethoven s Ninth is plain; the two Prokofiev string quartets, the first of which I particularly like; the motets of Brahms (and his vocal music generally); the piano trio by Chopin. Numerous other examples could come to mind, but in the past couple days I ve been listening to unfamiliar works by none other than Beethoven and wondering why they don t get done ... 118,... (The Palm Beach Post)
Ode to joystick Jul 25, 2008
If Beethoven were alive today, adds Wall, he'd be a video game composer. And his music would undoubtedly be part of Video Games Live. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
It ain't so, Joe Jul 24, 2008
Forty years and 1500 concerts have rendered him not only sick and tired of sitting in concert halls alongside the old, affluent, uninformed or plain stupid (those who like their Mozart sweet and their Tchaikovsky loud) but the cumulative effect has filled him with hatred for any living composer who hasn't had enough time yet to acquire the Bach mystique or the Beethoven magic. Those who tried embracing history or simple rhythms are dismissed as facile, eclectic or even infantile, while the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
