Episode 7 of #BACH52 is now up! A moving interview with Grammy-nominated countertenor Reginald Mobley, who generously shares of his personal experiences performing Bach’s music and speaks powerfully about how we can’t hoard his music and how it should be accessible to anyone who wants it.
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Episode 6 of BACH 52 is now available!
This episode features a moving and insightful chat with San Francisco Conservatory of Music Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Michael Roest, who is also the founder and director of the International Pride Orchestra…
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Episode 5 of BACH 52 is now live!
This episode's featured interviewee is Steven Zohn, General Editor of The American Bach Society and Musicologist at Temple University. We had a fascinating conversation about…
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“…For me, Buxtehude’s cantata, “Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab’ “ is a hope-filled prayer turning to whatever higher being is out there for some comfort. The world could definitely use some solace these days, and I think I am drifting towards this musical memory a lot this week, because Buxtehude’s music is a ray of sunlight in what feel like increasingly dark and terrifying times…”
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…Canon is a human creation. It is dangerous to buy into the belief that all of the “great masters” rose into the pantheon of their own accord, simply on their own merit, like some sort of cream rising to the top. The narrative that as the classical music world leans into being more “woke”, we are being relegated to some sort of morass of mediocre music is a destructive fallacy…
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Just under the wire on the West Coast, a very happy birthday to George Frideric Handel...
Some very fond #Waybackwednesday memories from this dream-come-true role debut back in 2019 with my friends at Boston Baroque...
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