performed live by the National Symphony Orchestra (aka Taiwan Philharmonic, aka 國家交響樂團) on 12.31.14 and 1.1.15 in Taiwan’s National Concert Hall in the Taiwanese premiere, or as below by lots of people (details in the YouTube page for the video) … Continue reading Schoenberg’s Gurre-Lieder (one of two)
Some thoughts that I thought at a very recent concert, the details of which will be shared in part 2 next week What is modern? What is ‘a long time ago’? What is ‘old’?I got to thinking about similar questions a while back in preparation to see Chopin’s piano concertos performed here in Taipei by the sickeningly talented Ingolf Wunder. The first of those two (well, number one, albeit the second to be written) was completed almost 200 years ago. Almost two whole centuries!That was kind of mind blowing to me, because… I think of Chopin as one of … Continue reading This century Part 1: Modern is relative
performed by members of the Ensemble InterContemporain (Amazon) (and for a delightful video of a live performance, check this out) This is the best I could do with a reference to Boulez this week, and it’s a few days late. It’s … Continue reading Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (sextet version)
Fugue for Thought 