The Rehearsal Studio

Following up on the UNCOVERED series of Azica Records, whose fourth and final volume was released at the end of this past May, this morning’s installment of the Sundays at Ten videos compiled by Voices of Music turned its attention to one of the most inte…

Johannes Agricola aus Eisleben, author of the chorale text “Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ” Next month will begin with the first program to be presented by the California Bach Society (CalBach).

Cover design for the album being discussed (from its Amazon.com Web page) This coming Friday, Outhere Music will release the inaugural album in collection entitled Fuga Latina.

I have to back off from my headline for the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) Special Event entitled A Concert for MTT.

Johann Strauss II (from the Wikimedia Commons Web page, photographer unknown, public domain) I must confess that, in following yesterday’s account of the four CDs of symphonies by Franz Schubert in the Warner box set of the recordings made by Nikolaus Har…

Those that do not follow domestic news closely may have missed the coverage of United States President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to Ireland.

Bill Noertker and Scott R.

Screen shot of Emma Withrow reporting for Al Jazeera Many readers probably know by now that I regard Al Jazeera as one of my reliable news sources, whether the article is about the Middle East or anywhere else in the world.

This past Sunday I wrote about my embarking on a “journey” through the six Haydn CDs in the Warner box set of the recordings made by Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam but did not write about my thoughts at the…

This morning I learned of the three latest additions to the Calendar for Old First Concerts (O1C).

This morning I read an Opinion piece on the Al Jazeera Web site.

Pianist Tomasz Kamieniak (from the Web page for his August, 2024, performance at the Incarnation Episcopal Church) I have noticed that announcements of performances at Sunset Music and Arts tend to be a “sometime thing;” but, when they do show up in my In…

At the end of next week, Friction Quartet will begin its concert season with a performance at the Community Music Center (CMC).

The first full week of the new season will be a busy one.

Back in my student days, both my fellow students and I lived by a motto that could almost be taken as the “eleventh Commandment.”

Almost exactly a year ago, I wrote an article about an annual Old First Concerts (O1C) program at the Old First Presbyterian Church.

Photograph of Haydn-lover and conductor Leonard Slatkin rehearsing the Orchestre National de Lyon (photograph by KokotheDog made on March 23, 2016, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license) Having written yeste…

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Dora Stock’s 1789 portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (from the Wikipedia Web page, public domain) Some readers may recall that, a little over a week ago, I began writing about my “journey” through the latest Warner Classics anthology of recordings made by

It goes without saying that Article Two of the Constitution of the United States says nothing about video games!

According to my archives, it has been about half a decade since I last wrote about the Grex trio, led by guitarist Karl Evangelista performing with Rei Scampavia on keyboards and Robert Lopez on drums.

It is hard to avoid news about Donald Trump, particularly since he is President of the United States.

With events beginning to ramp up at The Lab in a little over a week’s time, it is probably not too early to start preparing for next month.

Do we need to rely on the United Kingdom for reliable news about the Executive Branch of the United States?

Michael Tilson Thomas, whose tenure as SFS Music Director will be celebrated at the beginning of next month Exactly one month from today, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will present a Special Event entitled A Concert for MTT.

Jazz pianist and composer Alon Nechushtan (courtesy of Jazz Chez Hanny) In reviewing my archives, it seems that frequently (but not always) the season at Jazz Chez Hanny begins with a visit from pianist and composer Alon Nechushtan.

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (portrait painted in 1606 by Gerrit Pietersz Sweelink, from a Wikimedia Commons Web page, public domain) This morning I listened to the last of the ten CDs in the Brilliant Classics release, Sweelinck Collection - Complete Keyboa…

This morning I turned my attention to the second “category” in the ten-CD collection given the title Sweelinck Collection - Complete Keyboard Music & Psalms, released by Brilliant Classics.

It looks like summer will end with a whimper on the Bleeding Edge.

Sadly, my only encounter with this year’s San Francisco International Piano Festival, presented by Old First Concerts and curated by pianist Jeffrey LaDeur, was last night’s Finale.

Having written about plans for the different San Francisco Performances (SFP) program series, it is now time to shift attention to monthly accounts of the events.

I just finished reading an online article from the Web site for The New York Times with the following headline: “Bill Gates Warns A.I.