I was saddened today to read of the death at the age of 83 of Gustav Leonhardt, the great Dutch harpsichordist and early instruments conductor. Leonhardt, along with his colleague, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt were pioneers of the early music and performance practice movement, taking it from a little known and often derisively dismissed niche in … Read More »
Everyone gives thanks in their own personal way. Some have many things to be thankful for. Some, sad to say, would be hard pressed to think of anything. My list would be a long one, beginning with my beloved wife and thirty year companion, Dyane Fancey, and continuing with my thirty-two year job broadcasting classical … Read More »
I got the bug for classical music in 1972 during my sophomore year of college. It was almost a sacred rite for my friends to gather in someone’s dormitory room and listen to each other’s rock albums. One day someone borrowed a copy of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic … Read More »
Thinking about my first blog on our new WBJC web site, I noticed in a New York Times article that the theme of this year’s White Light Festival, now in progress at Lincoln Center, is musical transcendence. I found this ironic, since I had been considering writing about the word before seeing the article. The … Read More »
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