serongtonin·Jul 28(the only) two summer (concertgebouw) concerts i went toRecently, I returned to the Concertgebouw for two concerts. It has already been over a few weeks since those nights. One was a performance…
Qianqian Zhang Soyfer·Jun 30Brahmsian influence in early to middle period Mahler SymphonyJohannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler are often considered on the opposite side of the 19th century Western Classical music world. From the…
serongtonin·May 9Nathalie Stutzmann Sprinting Toward the Finish Line While the RCO Tried to Catch UpIn the environment I grew up in, I could never quite tell who was telling the truth. Sometimes people praised things with smiling faces…
Eugene Y·May 1, 2025Brahms and the Miracle of the Falling ThirdsI wanted to write about Debussy today. But when life gets hard, I don’t go to Debussy. I always come back to Mozart and Brahms. I don’t…
