Month: June 2016

Buried Treasure: Literary Works, pt. 1

Listening Guide   The Works MacKenzieCricket and the Hearth Overture ConstantCyrano De Bergerac Symphonic SuiteOverture Tirade Des Nez The Tower of Nesle March of the Gascoyne Cadets Roxanne’s Balcony The Siege of Arras Gazette and Cyrano’s Death BakerWashington Square: ExcerptsIn The House, and Catherine Townsend The Betrothal, and the Study The Argument, and the Promise… Continue reading Buried Treasure: Literary Works, pt. 1

FOCUS ON YOUTH: The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, Music Director

For several decades we have been subjected to claims that the purported absence of young people from classical music audiences portends the extinction of live performances, if not of the genre itself. To remedy such doomsday pronouncements, a focus on youth took hold and young performers were pressed (not unwillingly) into service, in positions sometimes… Continue reading FOCUS ON YOUTH: The Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Benjamin Zander, Music Director