posted by James Reel
If you’re interested in how critics are responding to the premiere of the John Adams/Peter Sellars opera Doctor Atomic, about the genesis of the atomic bomb, Lisa Hirsch provides a great many links at Iron Tongue of Midnight (that's an allusion to Shakespeare, not an S&M site; trust me). Doctor Atomic is a very big deal, garnering more coverage than anything else in recent classical-music memory. Critical opinion of the work is somewhat divided, but the score, at least, seems to—if you’ll pardon the expression—blow everyone away.
Classical Music,
October 4th 2005 at 7:27 —
c (0) —
K
f
g
k
posted by James Reel
Ever wonder how a performer copes with distractions—exactly what goes through the performer’s mind when unrelated noises intrude on the proceedings? Pianist-blogger Jeremy Denk reveals what was running through his mind as he played Bach recently for BargeMusic, a long-running concert series given on a barge docked near the Brooklyn Bridge. It seems that neither sirens nor choppy water can prevail over a Bach sarabande. But we already knew that, didn't we?
Classical Music,
October 3rd 2005 at 7:29 —
c (0) —
K
f
g
k
