Denby on Hurwitz

David Denby, whose latest book is Eminent Jews: Bernstein, Brooks, Friedan, Mailer, recently wrote about the irrepressible Dave Hurwitz for the New Yorker website. I first encountered Dave when I was writing for Fanfare magazine in the early 1990s, covering the likes of Petr Eben, Peter Mieg, Samuel Ducommun, and Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist. Nothing delights me more than when Dave gives attention to offbeat repertory on his YouTube channel. I don't think there's anyone active in classical music who can discuss such a vast swath of repertory in such dizzying detail, and with such infectious enthusiasm.