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Conducting Beethoven

Three and a half years after conducting Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in 2003, I was again fortunate — for a second time in a lifetime — this time to conduct Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture. The late Maestro Sidney Rothstein, my friend and mentor, suggested a more complex piece this time and Creatures of the Prometheus filled the […]

Doo-Wop: Why They Keep Going

Most of my posts in the music category are about classical music, but there are a few about Doo-Wop. Last night at the Flagler Auditorium in Bunnell, Florida was was a different kind of “classical” music. The Pop, Rock & Doo-Wop Live! Concert featured Shirley Alston Reeves, original lead singer of The Shirelles, Dennis Tufano, […]

Conducting Mozart

It was a real treat in St. Augustine last Saturday night when Music Director Gerard Schwarz conducted the Mozart Orchestra New York. They performed Mozart’s great last three symphonies, No’s 39, 40, and 41. The 41st, known as the Jupiter Symphony, is my favorite. Mozart composed this great trilogy in a remarkably short time between […]

Recording Industry Reports Revenue Increase Due to Streaming – WSJ

Music is one of my passions. I love to play it, hear it, conduct it, and enjoy it. There are more than 70 posts about music here in the Attitude LLC blog. Take a look if you are interested. One of the things I have written about for many years is the demise of the […]

Apple Music and Sonos Coming Together

It’s here. Sonos has been working with Apple Music to bring us a new way of filling our homes with an enormous selection of great music. This morning, the beta version became available. I installed it and am delighted. They will be making a few final changes during the beta test based on user input. The final version will be […]