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Thursday Links

Elliott Carter is the first composer toattend his centenary celebrations. It’s a remarkable achievement. And the music’s not so bad either..

Life’s A Pitch has a Best of 2008 contest going. Note to residents of the Kdub: If you like Miss Mussel’s reviews, send in a nomination.

If the contents of Miss Mussel’s [...]

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

Toronto Symphony 2008/09 Season Highlights

Opening Night
17, 18 & 20 September 2008 - Mahler Symphony No.3 Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano; Peter Oundjian, baton
3, 4 & 6 December 2008 - The Planets and The Rite of Spring; Peter Oundjian, baton
28 & 29 January 2009 - Evelyn Glennie, percussion; Giancarlo Guerrero, baton
26 & 28 February 2009 - Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust [...]

Friday Links

Loads of wonderful things to link to this morning. Sometimes it’s a shame that there aren’t more hours in the day, or at least less items that are irreparably labelled “need to be done now.”

First thing’s first. Jeremy Denk has a piece up at the NewMusicBox on what he what he likes in [...]

Friday Links

Several things that need to be read and commented upon but sadly paid deadlines are looming. For now, a list. Further expansion scheduled for next week. Maybe.

Eat Your Words: Free Rice via Matthew Guerrieri. While away the remaining hours of your Friday by testing your vocabulary. It’s for charity, so no one [...]

Wednesday MadLibs

Concert season is starting soon in this corner of the universe and with that comes the task of reviewing. This is a job Miss Mussel finds to be futile and fascinating in equal measure.
The OM reviewing muscles, atrophied to the point of uselessness by the summer sun, need to be exercised immediatement in preparation [...]