I am late in congratulating the Saratoga Chamber Orchestra of Whidbey Island in their performance of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin de printemps and D’un sir triste. We at WPA were so thrilled to help fund this performance of works by such a talented...
Catch up on the news from the weekend: The Guardian asked composer Anna Clyne (among others) to put together a Classical Music for Beginners list. She includes works by Kaija Saariaho and Caroline Shaw – read, and listen, here. NPR did a great piece on the life...
It’s the spookiest time of year – and even beyond the costumes and candy, Halloween has become a reason to indulge in horror movies. There are plenty of examples of classical music being used as film scores to some of the scariest films ever made (WQXR...
Some links to start your week: Earlier this month Kaija Saariaho was interviewed by the San Francisco Classical Voice discussing her role not only as a composer, but as an educator. Read the full interview here. Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra has been...
Any classical music enthusiast is beyond tired of hearing about the “death” of the genre (a term that has been rightly refuted). However, we can’t deny that the classical music community is not as flourishing as it once was, and that musicians,...
