All Entries Tagged With: "Claude Debussy"

Nico Muhly - Interview Extras

As always, most of an interview conversation doesn’t make it into the final piece but that doesn’t mean the leftovers are not worth reading. Also, for this concert, there was a repertoire change, so lots of good bits had to be cut because they were about So To Speak (2004) rather than Wish [...]

Feature: Nico Muhly - Wish You Were Here

In The Waterloo Region Record 30/09/2008
If the press murmurings are to be believed, he is a messiah: here to give classical music new life as an accessible art form that is relevant to a 21st century audience. Of course, it’s an impossible (some would argue unnecessary) task for one person but it seems that if [...]

Messiaen: Offrandes Oubliées

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Offrandes Oubliées (1930)
When asserting that Messiaen was one of the most influential composer of the 20th century, there is very little danger of overstating the matter. There is simply no other composer that had such a profound influence over such a broad spectrum of artists. Stockhausen, Boulez, Pärt, Grisey, Takemitsu and [...]

Program Notes Catalogue

Miss Mussel writes programme notes for orchestral and chamber music concerts in England and would be happy to create an original set of notes for your next concert. Her preferred method is to write an essay that links the whole program together and discusses overarching themes rather than writing three or four independent notes. [...]

Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival 2008 Highlights

Roughly five hours drive from the Southern Ontario conglomeration that is Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, London, Toronto etc, Ottawa is a bit of a hike. Miss Mussel did consider using ad revenue to fund her trip but then discovered that the $10.42 she has earned since July 2007 would only get her as far as Milton….or [...]

KW Symphony 2008/09 Season Highlights

Kitchener-Waterloo is about an hour west of Toronto, an hour east of London, and an hour and half from Niagara Falls. If you live somewhere between here and there, take a drive over some night and take in a concert with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony.

12th & 13th September John Corigliano Promenade Overture, [...]

Quiz #15

Hello all!
There’s a real gem on tap this week. Miss Mussel is on the fence as to the response she’ll get for this one. Last week’s Debussy proved that her judgment in these matters is not to be trusted. The Rhapsody had languished in the OM iTunes for four years without a [...]