February 10, 2006
by Joe
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Some friends of mine and I were talking about working up my favorite piece of chamber music, ever: Spinoff, by Charles Wuorinen. This piece is a beast. Listen to this excerpt from Wuorinen’s site to get a flavor of what … Continue reading
January 16, 2006
by Joe
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I found the iTunes Signature Maker at the blog of Ryan Shaw this evening. Extremely cool little idea to take your iTunes playlist and make a short little audio avitar of your musical tastes. Here is mine. The creation of … Continue reading
November 2, 2005
by Joe
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I found this today in my Technorati subscription: Zeke’s Gallery: More from the archives – The Double Bass Quartet Check out the recording. The opening piece is pretty cool sounding. Nice to hear a double bass quartet doing a regular … Continue reading
August 4, 2005
by Joe
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Here’s an interesting set of blog posts from hella frisch, blogic, and AC/DC, all on their recent performance of the Hummel Quintet for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano. Blogic notes that Johann Hummel’s middle name was “Nepomuk”, and … Continue reading
July 25, 2005
by Joe
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Back to work after almost two weeks of being on vacation ��� moving and a short trip up to the Redwoods for some performances. The new house is the best part. We finally got DSL up and running today. Actually, … Continue reading