by Matt Friedman | 28 Mar 2016 | Podcasts
The ensemble following the premier performance of Pierrot Lunaire in 1912. Albertine Zehme is at center, with Schoenberg to her right. Click play for the first episode of No Sounds Are Forbidden. “Moondrunk: Pierrot Lunaire at the Edge of Modernity”...
by Matt Friedman | 28 Mar 2016 | Commentary, Uncategorized
There are those awkward moments – first dates, first grad school seminars, standing around at a conference mixer uncomfortably trying to find something to talk about not related to work or politics – when the question of musical taste invariably arises: “So what kind...
by Matt Friedman | 27 Mar 2016 | Playlists, Uncategorized
Arnold Schoenberg, String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10, IV – Entrückung (Sehr Langsam), New Vienna String Quartet, with Evelyn Lear The Complete String Quartets, Philips Classics – 289 464 046-2 Arnold Schoenberg, Pierrot Lunaire, Part I, Anja Silja, with the...