Monotonous Forest

Compact Nuclear Reactor Energizes Philadelphia

Searing "Rite" Signals a New Era. Seen and Heard International, February 27, 2013

The additional happy news: Nézet-Séguin and the orchestra have been signed by Deutsche Grammophon, and the first of their recordings will be The Rite of Spring. More here.

Mahler, the way you want to hear him

Concertgebouw at Carnegie Hall: Mostly Sweet, Sometimes Strange. Seen and Heard International, February 22, 2013

Wigglesworth Closes Juilliard's Focus! Festival

Recent British Music Worth Repeating—No, I Mean Right Now. Seen and Heard International, February 22, 2013

Paganini Wins Again

Hamelin in a Beast of an Evening—With Laughs. Seen and Heard International, February 19, 2013

Broadway's Master Melodist

Sondheim Sans Words: Surprise, He's a Composer. Seen and Heard International, February 19, 2013

Oui, oui, oui

Three Friends in a Fête à la Française. Seen and Heard International, February 15, 2013

Afterlife

Sometimes people find themselves in unexpectedly moving situations, and that is what happened to Edna Landau, formerly a Director of IMG Artists and now a career development consultant to the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Last week she went to Merkin Concert Hall for the all-star tribute to Ralph Kaminsky—though she had never met him—and wrote about the experience on her Musical America blog, here.

Two masters of a venerable instrument

Heavenly Harpsichord Music. The Juilliard Journal, February 2013