If you look at the thematic material from most of Mahler’s symphonies and compare this with the thematic material from the contemporaneous music of Strauss, it’s striking how Strauss’s themes are gen… more →
Black DogsEric wrote 1 week ago: This is my favorite part of the interview, not only because I finally get to ask Shara about her per … more →
jami77 wrote 3 weeks ago: Hilary Hahn here playing Schoenberg’s violin concerto, the second movement. I find this music … more →
R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 4 weeks ago: If you look at the thematic material from most of Mahler’s symphonies and compare this with the the … more →
revmelg wrote 1 month ago: I have been reflecting over the last few days on consonance and dissonance. I was inspired by sudde … more →
davidpickett wrote 1 month ago: Arnold Schoenberg by Florence Homolka In his 1939 essay Eartraining through Composition, the compose … more →
Robin Gosnall wrote 1 month ago: Now, here’s a question. Has anyone got a piece of music that they strongly associate with a time in … more →
jami77 wrote 1 month ago: I recently discovered Mitsuko Uchida when I saw her in concert on Sky Arts Channel ( a great channel … more →
alexjsteed wrote 2 months ago: Ok ok ok, so it’s been a few weeks since my last post. And today’s post really is about … more →
Robin Gosnall wrote 2 months ago: I find that I can clog my arteries with certain pieces of music, so every now and again I’ll need t … more →
R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 2 months ago: Here is the publisher’s fucking stupid description of this fucking stupid book by David “Fucking St … more →
gp wrote 2 months ago: We were having a convivial and “hyggelig” dinner when Mark raised a problem his son had … more →
Robin Gosnall wrote 3 months ago: You can measure music in time and metre, and this has led some, who feel inclined, to explore the m … more →
jeffclef wrote 4 months ago: I tried writing a short sequel to the previous post on Greenberg, but it metastasized beyond bloggab … more →
R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 4 months ago: So, what is “German” music? It is a term that seems bandied about a lot. At the considerable risk o … more →
R.A.D. Stainforth wrote 4 months ago: One of the weirdest aspects of my life in the last year or so has been the way things I’ve been thi … more →
nicholadeane wrote 4 months ago: The Philharmonia, conducted by Esa Pekka Salonen at Birmingham Symphony Hall, Friday 27th February 2 … more →
emily wrote 4 months ago: Let’s play the “what’s wrong with this statement” game. In a discussion on M … more →
timeenoughatlast wrote 4 months ago: So here’s what I’m reading and here’s how I came to be reading it and here’s … more →
Thoroughly Good wrote 4 months ago: Away from home and working late this week, I need to plan my listening to provide some welcome relie … more →