Be it known that on this day, the fifteenth of April in the year of our Lord 2020, Robert Moran has once again been banned from Facebook. Mister Moran’s name has been inscribed on a brass plaque in the Facebook penalty box.
Category: Daily Dispatch
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Laurel & Hardy Marlboro Music Comedy
Our regular Wednesday feature, “Music from Marlboro,” may be on hiatus from WWFM – The Classical Network, as we all continue to do our part to Flatten the Curve, but here’s a little something hopefully to keep you smiling. Only two genii of silent comedy could send up chamber music performance in pantomime like this. It’s the only time the pair would ever appear together on film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPRW1VQxmTs
Marlboro School of Music and Festival: Official Page
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Boulez & Composers A Rare 1977 Photo
Whoaaaaaa! Check out this incredible photo.
Pierre Boulez (front right), with all the living composers whose works he programmed during his tenure with the New York Philharmonic. The photo was taken in 1977.
First row (left to right): Milton Babbitt, Lucia Dlugoszewski, Ulysses Kay, George Rochberg, and Mario Davidovsky.
Second Row: David Gilbert, Stephen Jablonsky, Jacob Druckman, Roger Sessions, William Schuman, and Aaron Copland.
Third Row: Donald Martino, Donald Harris, Daniel Plante, Morton Gould, Vincent Persichetti, and Roy Harris.
Fourth Row: Charles Wuorinen, Carmen Moore, Sydney Hodkinson, David Del Tredici, Earle Brown, Harley Gaber, Stanley Silverman, John Cage, and Elliott Carter.
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Subotnick’s Silver Apples electronic music pioneer
I remember hearing this for the first time in the middle of the night, broadcast by Henry Varlack on WFLN in Philadelphia. As you can imagine, I never forgot it. It’s the first piece of electronic music specifically commissioned by a record label (Nonesuch Records). This is from back in the day when Nonesuch was Nonesuch, and synthesizers were synthesizers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G1hRNLlYpg
Happy birthday, Morton Subotnick, pioneering composer of the cult classic “Silver Apples of the Moon.”
Morton Subotnick: The Mad Scientist in the Laboratory of the Ecstatic Moment:
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Dvořák Symphony No 8 Princeton Symphony Orchestra
Chase away the rainy-day blues with Dvořák’s sunniest symphony!
The Princeton Symphony Orchestra continues its “At Home with the PSO” series, as music director Rossen Milanov introduces the Symphony No. 8. Escape into a world of birdsong, uplifting fanfares, and continuous melody, influenced by the Czech countryside. The live performance took place at Richardson Auditorium on March 24, 2019.
“At Home with the PSO” is a gateway to original online content – performance webcasts, musicians’ recipes, photo albums, and more – with fresh material being introduced weekly.
While you’re over there, at the PSO website, check out the new Virtual Gallery. Explore artwork and creative writing by student participants of the PSO Bravo program by navigating a 3-D space. Click on the speakers located throughout the gallery to hear Saad Haddad’s Clarinet Concerto, the PSO co-commission that inspired the works adorning the virtual walls.
Then search under “Cooking with the PSO” to learn how to bake Chunky Chocolate Drops with concertmaster Basia Danilow. Rossen Milanov’s Maple Soy Sauce Glazed Tofu is archived at the bottom of the page. A new recipe on the way on Wednesday!
To hear Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, look online at princetonsymphony.org, search under “At Home with the PSO,” and click on “Play it Forward.”
PHOTO: Dvořák and family, making the most of a lovely day
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