The Omniscient Mussel

Sunday Links

Miss Mussel has been slaving away in her Highbury garret these past couple of week and has left The OM to its own devices. Unfortunately, WordPress hasn’t yet developed a thought plugin, so it appears that posts still have to be typed by hand instead of beamed straight from the brain. At any rate, here’s what’s been happening in places other.

• The National Symphony Orchestra (Washington DC) experimented with Twitterized program notes during an outdoor concert at Wolf Trap. Find out how the experiment worked, how the concert sounded and what Anne Midgette thinks of arts organizations and technology.
• The LA Times tries to get to the bottom of why warhorses remain so popular. Marin Alsop, Bramwell Tovey, James Ehnes, Gil Shaham, Leonard Slatkin, Leonidas Kavakos, Vadim Repin all give their two cents,
• Toronto Star critic John Terauds chats with renegade organist Cameron Carpenter and finds he’s the real deal.
• La Cieca brings us the Ultimate Renée Fleming Experience.