On Vulnerability
On Vulnerability Francis Yun “A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he… Read More »On Vulnerability
Success?
What does “being successful” mean to you as a musician? You might answer many things, but I’m going to guess it might sound something… Read More »Success?
(Cellist Post) On Mark Carlson’s Piano Quartet
Piano Quartet by Mark Carlson: Composer, Teacher, Performer and Music Lover by Isaac Melamed When I was a sophomore at UCLA and struggling with, among… Read More »(Cellist Post) On Mark Carlson’s Piano Quartet
On Steven Stucky’s Piano Quartet
It was on Valentine’s Day of last year that Steven Stucky passed away. Brain cancer, they reported. “Steven Stucky, Composer Who Won a Pulitzer, Dies… Read More »On Steven Stucky’s Piano Quartet
On “Cruel ragtime” and Chopin nocturnes
Sometimes musical kinship between two vastly different composers isn’t readily apparent until you start practicing for a concert that you’ve programmed them on. One wouldn’t… Read More »On “Cruel ragtime” and Chopin nocturnes
On Dohnanyi’s Piano Quintet no.2 in E-flat
In our first rehearsal yesterday of Dohnanyi’s op.26 Piano Quintet, Juliette, who was unfamiliar with the work, remarked on how nostalgic it seemed. “Was it… Read More »On Dohnanyi’s Piano Quintet no.2 in E-flat
On Edgar Allan Poe’s influence on Music
Richmond homeboy Edgar Allan Poe will get the spotlight this coming Sunday with a couple of very cool works that you may not know about.… Read More »On Edgar Allan Poe’s influence on Music
On the Artwork that inspired Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (part 2)
Okay, so the thing I find super cool about the pictures that inspired Mussorgsky’s composition is that they were mostly related to other works of… Read More »On the Artwork that inspired Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (part 2)
On Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
Pictures at an Exhibition is probably Mussorgsky’s most popular work, though he never had the satisfaction of knowing that. Plagued by severe depression, the composer… Read More »On Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
On Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat, D929
Before I start waxing poetic on Schubert’s great E-flat piano trio, I wanted to give you a quote from Stanley Kubrick, who had used this… Read More »On Schubert’s Piano Trio in E-flat, D929