A Journey Through Madison's Classical Music Scene
Classically SpeakingJanuary 2013
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01/19/13So I Went to the Symphony, and a Badger Game Broke OutMadison Symphony draws via unusual repertoire…but no one expected “Bucky” to show up! |
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01/14/13WCO Presents “Towering Giants”—But “Vive le Sax!”Saxophonist Claude Delangle again proves to be soloist extraordinaire |
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01/11/13Madison Opera Goes for Baroque — and WinsKathryn Smith continues to show that it’s her company…and the big picture is bright |
Years before I contributed my first classical review to the Los Angeles Times in 1988, I started a class in music appreciation for adults that had one aim: to put a few cracks in the “ivory tower elitism” I found pervasive in the classical music world since my boyhood days. Whether as a critic, program annotator or band director, that goal has never changed. After all, Mozart and Beethoven and the gang wrote their music for people like you—not critics or professors!
