Alex Ross's Blog, page 259

Fleischmann in brief

Being Ernest. The New Yorker, July 5, 2010.

Persephassa redux

One more Xenakis video, courtesy of Q2.

Persephassa

One more Xenakis video, courtesy of Q2.

Bang 2010

I'm on the road, and am sadly missing the Bang on a Can marathon. But Seated Ovation is providing live coverage.

More: Steve Smith in the Times, Seth Colter Walls at Capital, Pete Matthews at Feast of Music, Twitter #boac.

Bang

I'm on the road, and am sadly missing the Bang on a Can marathon. But Seated Ovation is providing live coverage.

Jón Gnarr and Björk

In today's New York Times there is a profile of Jón Gnarr, the Icelandic actor, comedian, conceptual artist, and sometime punk rocker, who last month was unexpectedly elected mayor of Reykjavík. I met Gnarr in 2004, when I went to Reykjavík to interview Björk. As the Times piece points out, Gnarr is married to Björk's close friend Jóga Jóhannsdóttir, who inspired the song "Jóga." Einar Örn, Björk's former bandmate in the Sugarcubes, also gained a seat on the city council in the recent...

Brahms on the vuvuzela

Die Zeit has issued a charming video in which three brass players from the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra render the chorale from Brahms's First Symphony and a bit of Ravel's Boléro on vuvuzelas.

Xenakis videos (updated)

Courtesy of EardrumNYC, which also has many photos.

The Yale Percussion Group's Xenakis set inspires a certain amount of bopping at the Naumburg Bandshell.

Loop 2.4.3 at the Merchants' Gate, Central Park.

Xenakis videos

Courtesy of EardrumNYC, which also has many photos.

The Yale Percussion Group's Xenakis set inspires a certain amount of bopping at the Naumburg Bandshell.

Xenakis video

Courtesy of EardrumNYC, which also has many photos.