Archive for February, 2008

Got A Hot Date Tonight

Sure, he’s a little older than what Miss Mussel usually goes for but he’s supposed to be some sort of brilliant musician or something, so she can work with it.
On his profile he answered “a gaggle” in the Have Kids box, which is slightly worrying but most people have what, 2 or 3 [...]

Why Arirang Made Me Cry

[also appears in Friday's Arts Blog @ The Guardian]
Watching the NY Phil play the Korean folksong Arirang at the end of their concert in Pyongyang, North Korea was profoundly moving. I first heard the encore on the CNN website before seeing the concert in full last night via PBS feed but the effect was the [...]

Thursday Links

Loads of fresh links to get you through Thursday, which is nearly Friday, which is nearly the weekend. Hurrah!

Colin Holter @ The New Music Box asks, “Why would a quartet learn and present my piece when they could be learning and presenting the Grosse Fuge?”

Over at Dial M, Phil Ford brings to our attention [...]

NYPhil in North Korea Liveblogging (For Reals This Time)

Ok folks, the listings have been checked and rechecked. Contact has been made with people at Channel Thirteen and it seems that the concert should be ready to stream after midnight tonight.
Everything is set. Allons-y!
0:00 The Channel 13 man has played fast and loose with the truth again. The video is [...]

Quiz #5: The Winner

This week’s winner is Richard Hiebert from Vancouver who has written in with the correct answer of JS Bach Sonata No.2 for Solo Violin BWV 1003.
Well done to you sir.
Update: Looks like Miss Mussel is going to have to fire her fact checker. The correct answer is Sonata No. 3 BWV. 1005 [...]

NYPhil in North Korea: Post Concert Press Roundup

(photo credit: David Gray/Reuters)

Daniel J Wakin in the NYTimes and International Times Herald. More interesting is the audio interview.

Warwick Thomspon has a rather lame write up on Bloomberg.com that describes the playing of the Koran folksong Arirang, a moment all other press has described as the most moving of the concert, as “long dull [...]

NYPhil in North Korea Liveblogging

Morning folks. It’s 3:50am, that grey area between night and the next morning when most sensible people are in a blissfully deep sleep. Miss Mussel is, however, awake and readying herself for the biggest concert event of the millennium.
In the style of the great Guardian Over-by-Over reports, what is follows is a [...]