A Journey Through Madison's Classical Music Scene
Classically SpeakingSeptember 2011
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09/27/11It’s a Circus! No, it’s Opera!! Wait … it’s Both!!!Fresco Opera continues its mission to bring opera to new audiences (and opera anew to old audiences) Posted at 11:34 AM | Permalink | Comments: 1 |
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09/17/11Madison Symphony Disturbs, Comforts … and SizzlesDeMain opens the season a little early to honor 9/11—which in turn casts old favorites by Grieg and Beethoven in a whole new light |
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09/06/11Token Creek Festival, Chapter 2: Two Worlds ApartIn programs of jazz and J.S. Bach, the festival proves again to be a purveyor of musical excellence in any style |
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!
