Bob wrote: Alan Feinberg has been performing the Emerson Concerto quite frequently, with different orchestras, to generally good reviews. (He's no slouch; he's...
Anyone have any thoughts on these discs? I've never heard them. Ives, 35 Asstd. Songs. (Charles van Tassel, baritone w.Marien van Nieukerken, piano. Add to...
Pardon the expression - but I just ordered tickets to the NY Phil in May 2004 to the following three (3) concerts. It cost an arm 'n a leg, but I am seeing...
Here is something light-hearted to do. Describe how you would decorate a birthday cake for Charles Ives. Feel free to assume the cake is large enough for your...
Just got the following from BMG: Ives - Three Places, Ruggles, Piston - MTT/ Boston Symphony Messiaen - Quatour pour la fin du Temps - Tashi/ RCA Victor Gold...
Hey, gals & guys. Today is Charlie's birthday: October 20, 1874. In an eerie bit of synchronicity, I finally finished a review of David Wooldridge's "From the...
SBK87967 IVES String Quartets, Three Places in New England, Variations on America Juilliard String Quartet, Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy Sony...
I don't think Ives took part in any of the polemics between the rival orgs: the Varèse-Cowell (ICG and later PAC) vs. the Copland- Gruenberg LofC. Both orgs...
Last night, I heard Alexei Lubimov's recording of the "Concord" for the first time. Wow! Great performance! I've got to listen a few more times to confirm...
"Adew Dundee" Was in Borders today and presto - the new BC CD. Early music of Scotland is the theme - sort of On the Banks of Helicon part II. So far , so...
Nancy Sudik of the Danbury Historical Society asked me to post this on my web site. I thought I'd share with you too. Anyone live near Danbury, CT? ;-) Scott...
Here's a review on MusicWeb of a collection of songs by Henry Cowell: http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2003/Oct03/cowell_songs.htm Anyone familiar with...
Fill in the blank: If you like the music of Charles Ives, then you'll probably also like the music of ________________ . How about this for an answer: Charles...
Christian, I agree with you about the Ives/Mahler connection. I think that the similarities can easily be exaggerated. There's a great deal about them that is...
I'm not much into piano music. I've been avoiding getting the "Concord Sonata" for more than thirty years! It's time. BUT, I have no clue about pianists....
This piece has really been growing on me lately - it may have become one of my favorite Ives pieces. It is remarkable how the third movement was inspired by...
Just picked up the Violin Sonatas 1-4 on Naxos for $7 - never heard a note of any of these before. I will give you my first impressions. Frankie [Non-text...
Scott (or anybody) - Do you know how I can get a hold of the DG Orpheus CD with Ives 3rd on it? I know it is OOP, so it is probably virtually impossible to...
Hey Folks, It's still a long way off, but I'm thinking about going to the NY Phil's Ives "mini-festival" in May 2004. Anyone else planning on going? Details: ...
That makes a total of four excellent interviews on the AMERICAN MAVERICKS>LISTENING ROOM. Each tells something about Charles Ives and the influence of his...
on AMERICAN MAVERICKS>LISTENING ROOM search down to Elliott Carter "Interview" audio file about 68 minutes long also remembering Ives and Varèse, particularly...
on AMERICAN MAVERICKS>LISTENING ROOM search down to Nicolas Slonimsky "Interview" audio file about 42 minutes long wonderful stuff, remembering Ives and...
Hello All, I've just discovered the "American Mavericks" series of radio programs after reading about it on New Music Box. It's produced by Minnesota Public...
Hello, In terms of popularity or acceptance, don't you think that (as of TODAY) Ives' music is pretty much in the same boat as other post- Romantic composers?...
Hello All, I just stumbled across something interesting on the net. Apparently, French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard will be recording CEI's Concord Sonata....
Thank you, Christian, for your reply to my topic of Ives popularity. I read less opportunism in the Copland compositional chronology. Copland wrote his jazzy...
It is too bad that Ives had a low opinion of his Three-page Sonata and basically forgot about it. It's a sizzling little gem. Those pianists that first...
the selling of the Ives music idea- It isn't just a case of too many ladybirds and do-it-proper boys running the music establishment. Americans have yet to...
