Archive: from readers
Out of sight, not out of mind
Flagging some past blog posts where interesting discussions are still taking place in the comments.
By Anne Midgette | October 27, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Comments (5)
Open mic, post-weekend edition
An invitation to post your own reviews of events from the weekend past.
By Anne Midgette | October 26, 2009; 06:06 AM ET | Comments (3)
From Readers: Notes on a Review
Housekeeping: A reader has difficulty posting a comment to the blog, so I'm posting it for him here.
By Anne Midgette | August 25, 2009; 04:43 PM ET | Comments (5)
From Readers: Radio
More readers weigh in on the question of whether classical radio can (should?) survive.
By Anne Midgette | July 17, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (0)
Mailbag: Readers Blog
From readers: a where-are-they-now about the NSO's former associate conductor Randy Fleischer, and observations about a workshop performance of John Williams's "Air and Simple Gifts," written for the inauguration of Barack Obama.
By Anne Midgette | June 25, 2009; 01:45 PM ET | Comments (0)
Change We Can Believe In
Further thoughts on yesterday's discussion about change in orchestras.
By Anne Midgette | June 19, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (14)
Taking Debate
Making what is probably the fatal mistake of mixing it up with an ongoing flame war in the blog comments, I say why I like debate - mostly because it means someone is listening.
By Anne Midgette | June 11, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (4)
Valuing the Contemporary
Presenters are already scared of contemporary music - but should they actually be more discriminating in offering it to the public?
By Anne Midgette | May 19, 2009; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (3)
Programming the Contemporary
How should classical music institutions go about presenting contemporary works?
By Anne Midgette | May 13, 2009; 06:30 AM ET | Comments (15)
Weekend Roundup
Weekend Roundup: the Tokyo and Brentano quartets play Washington; advanced opera students take on Handel's "Xerxes" and Monteverdi's "Poppea;" other headlines from around the globe.
By Anne Midgette | April 20, 2009; 06:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
"Grimes" Has People Exercised
"Peter Grimes" is one of the best things I've seen at the Washington National Opera. But I'm curious about the fact that some people still really hate this opera.
By Anne Midgette | April 3, 2009; 06:04 AM ET | Comments (24)
Comments: Solicited Advice
I was delighted by all the good questions and comments in response to yesterday's inaugural post. (And I owe thanks to Washington’s on-line magazine/blog Ionarts, among others, for the shout-out on my first day of blogging). There were enough questions...
By Anne Midgette | March 31, 2009; 04:22 PM ET | Comments (1)
