Death and the Maiden

from chorn369

I was hoping this would be a great book. I know very little about chamber music but insufferable stereotypes (grumpy, elderly, quip-prone violin master, African American caretaker, and brilliant Asian American student) I can spot a mile away. The musicians were more richly drawn, as well as the d...

from macabr

"A good conductor has enough sense to basically let the orchestra play on its own, guiding it along a path without imposing his will upon it. Both the great conductor and the lousy conductor try to control all the details. The difference is that the great conductor knows how to do it; the lousy o...

from macabr

"A good conductor has enough sense to basically let the orchestra play on its own, guiding it along a path without imposing his will upon it. Both the great conductor and the lousy conductor try to control all the details. The difference is that the great conductor knows how to do it; the lousy o...