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Friday Links

One serious link today followed by three rather more fun ones. Seems like a good balance for Friday, no?

Nick Fraser, the man in charge of BBC documentaries, asks “What are the consequences of making or writing something? Does it ever make a difference in the way it was intended?”

Matthew Guerrieri has another installment [...]

Wednesday Links

Loads of great things floating around the intertubes this week, so take a few minutes and dive in.

Carl Wilson, music critic for The Globe and Mail has written a brilliant article on identity and false consciousness sparked by the recent brouhaha regarding Barack Obama, bitterness and guns. Here’s a taster: “Obama doesn’t pander and [...]

Thursday Links

Gustavo Dudamel on 60 Minutes 17th Feb 2008 story | video

Operachic brings news of Lorin Maazel appearing on the Colbert Report Monday night. Unfortunately, the video link seems to be broken.

Scott @ Musical Perceptions brings us this delightful video collection of ways you can turn your iPhone into a musical instrument.

The CBC reports [...]

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 [...]

Wednesday Links

Jessica Duchen has a piece in today’s Independent on the Barenboim Beethoven cycle. Miss Mussel would have given her right arm to be there but the commute would have been several giant steps on the wrong side of insane.

The Guardian informs that the world’s largest music collection is on sale on eBay. [...]

Wednesday Links

The Independent reports on David Garrett’s unfortunate tumble down the stairs, the results of which are positively gut-wrenching. It appears as if this time crazy glue and a little WD40 just isn’t going to cut it.

Mark N. Grant over at the New Music Box has a piece on why concert halls still matter. [...]