Category Archives: Music
Music for Maya 2: Blues–Dust My Broom
If you look up Blues in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians you get several pages describing the history of Blues music in the south. The original music had to do with the expression of those feelings of … Continue reading
Music for Maya
Dear Maya, This is to help serve the cause of your musical education through listening. A great deal of what is expressed is going to be opinion, and you should feel free to like or dislike anything. Everyone’s tastes are … Continue reading
Last night at Tanglewood
Saturday was our last night for going to Tanglewood this year. Emmanuel Ax played the Second Brahms Piano Concerto. It was an excellent performance, though i would not classify it as brilliant though many people around me seemed to think … Continue reading
Mahler’s 3rd Symphony
Saturday Jen and I had the pleasure of Listening to Michael Tilson Thomas conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s 3rd Symphony at Tanglewood. My first exposure to Thomas as a conductor was when he conducted the … Continue reading