Piano and Country Music

I didn't know country music had a piano man. Really. Details. But watching the recent CMA Awards reminded me that Merle Haggard was right. There really isn't any country music anymore. Just rock band wannabees.

Sorry Daniel

But Buck Rogers has got nothing on the "Disco Godfather"!

Put your weight into it!

A Tangled Web We Weave

One of the best blogs around is "On An Overgrown Path". Hands down.

So how sweet it is to read this.

Red Hot and Unhinged: Ravel

Read all about it here. Why?

"Schumann may have been unhinged, but he never wrote character pieces about nightmarish things like spiders, night moths and the scaffold for hangings."

Now that's a recommendation. More here.

And it's performed by Minoru Nojima. 'nuff said.

Copying Beethoven

A review of the film "Copying Beethoven". I'm looking forward to seeing this one. Review notwithstanding.

Read it online here.

Pink Slip for Kovacevich

"Only days before he was to make his debut as an opera conductor, Stephen Kovacevich has been replaced by the management of Geneva's opera house."

My jaw dropped. Read the rest here.

Yang

You can read a recent interview here.

Not by cuppa tea. But others do.

2006 National Medal of the Arts

William Bolcom is one of 10 recipients of the 2006 National Medal of Arts. Link.

Currently listening to: Sviatoslav Richter - Prelude & Fugue No 5 in D major BWV 850

The Missing 18

A long lost manuscript of works by German 17th century keyboard maestro Johann Jacob Froberger, also believed to have been a part-time spy, goes on sale later this month with a price tag of 500,000 pounds ($953,500).

The manuscript includes 18 previously unknown works. More here.

Currently listening to: Schubert - Piano Trio in B Major, Op. 99 D898- 3- Scherzo- Allegro

Composer of the Week

George Lloyd ! Radio 3 has named him composer of the week.

"After a long and determined campaign by his friends and admirers, the Cornish born composer George Lloyd has at last been granted the accolade of Composer of The Week by the BBC."

Details.