The Rothko Chapel meets chamber opera: A collaboration of librettists Mark Campbell and Kimberly Reed and composer Laura Kaminsky, Some Light Emerges takes its premise from one of my favorite places. Read my interview with Campbell at Houstonia Magazine. It premieres March 16.
Who doesn’t love Bach for his fugues? In Bach’s 1738 instructional book on counterpoint, Precepts and Principles for Playing the Thorough-Bass, he writes: “It is played with both hands on a keyboard instrument in such a way that the left hand… Continue Reading
Chamber music has always been my favorite genre to perform. It’s a thrill, but one that is often underestimated. Performers like Lars Vogt and Christian Tetzlaff show how deep the art form can go. Read my preview of their Da Camera Houston… Continue Reading
I have a lot of memories of this work, and with an opera company at the helm, it was a refined performance. But the thing I’ll remember probably won’t be the music (Sasha Cooke, resilient hero, my hat is off to you).… Continue Reading
I really can’t express what an inspiration it was to hear Yo-Yo Ma perform. You read about these prodigies, but seeing is believing. Read my review at Bachtrack. PS: For all those curious audience members, his serene encore was the “Appalachia Waltz”… Continue Reading
I’m proposing a session about my favorite things at the 2018 Modern Language Society Convention in NYC and I would love to get your proposals! See the call below. (And wide range really means wide range, but if you have… Continue Reading