I am no fan of Fox News. I don’t watch it when I have a choice and only do so grudgingly when it is on a TV in an establishment I frequent (like my gym). From what I have seen of the cable channel, it is a mouthpiece for that part of the American […]
Archives for October 2009
The Best Classical Composers: A Top-Ten List
For classical music lovers like me, trying to identify a list of personal favorites is almost sacrilegious. So much great orchestral music has been composed over the last three hundred years (an entirely arbitrary period, but one that includes the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern and post-Modern eras) that to single out ten of the […]
Philharmonic Fills House with “Ode to Joy”
Times may be bad for the performing arts, and with the economy struggling to show any signs of recovery, many local organizations are definitely feeling the pinch, but the Sacramento Philharmonic seems to have figured out how to beat the odds. In its opening performance of its thirteenth season, under the continuing direction […]
Obama’s Nobel Prize Creates Burden of Earning It
Since its inception in 1900, the Nobel Peace Prize has been one of the world’s most cherished awards. Given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in some significant way in the cause of peace, it has been bestowed on the likes of Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, and Nelson Mandela. […]