Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Reviews category.
V.T.C.M.A
Filed in Inspiration, Performance, Reviews, Strange Findings, Thought for the Day on February 21, 2007 at 9:26 pmThis is to say,….Videos That Caught My Attention.
I just really like these two music videos… perhaps this will inspire a multi-media variation on my spontaneous “Thought for the Day”s.
The first is a clip from Bollywood’s excellent film, Devdas. There are several moments I enjoy from it (one of these days maybe I’ll actually [...]
Announcing Two New Compositions
Filed in Composition, Performance, Reviews, Violin on October 29, 2006 at 12:05 amTwo more compositions come to a satisfying close and are ready for listening enjoyment!
The first is Blessings and Harmony, a darling violin solo of Victorian charm written specially for my dear friend, Yvonne, on her wedding day. It was a great success, and it was my pleasure to offer it to her and her new [...]
Just Like New; The Recent Adventures of Tommy
Filed in Humor, Inspiration, Reviews, Violin on October 28, 2006 at 12:52 amNot too long ago now, I received “Tommy” back from the shop - Foster’s Violin Shop in Orange, to be exact. (And, yes, my violin has a name…doesn’t yours?)
'A Sort of Cat-Music'
Filed in Composition, History, Humor, Performance, Reviews, Strange Findings on October 8, 2006 at 1:08 amI just cracked up when I read these newspaper reviews of Schoenberg’s works between 1913 and 1914 (as quoted in “Early Music Defended against its Devotees: A Theory of Historical Performance in the Twentieth Century” found on pages 297-322 of the Summer 1983 issue of the Musical Quarterly, article by Laurence Dreyfus):
Warning: some very [...]
Bad News-Good News in Flight
Filed in Performance, Reviews, Violin on September 23, 2006 at 12:23 amI received this fascinating (and distressing) note from Kay Pech a little while ago:
9/3/06 – According to the Sunday Times – Scotland, Nicola Benedetti may be forced to scrap her tour of China because she has been banned from carrying her £500,000 violin as hand luggage under airline security measures. “The former BBC Young Musician [...]
