Classical
Pianist/Composer Julian Shore Asks 'Which Way Now?' on New Tone Rogue Records Release [REVIEW]
Tech Talk: New Device, BACh, Teaches Piano Through Brain Monitors
A new device may be the saving grace for those who find it impossible to learn an instrument, specifically the piano. Given the title BACh (Brain Automated Chorales), the new device will monitor brain activity and blood flow to help guide the student down the pathways to learning the instrument. LIVE REVIEW: Haydn's 'L'isola disabitata' Staged by American Classical Orchestra
At a time in which pirates had just graduated from "hotbed issue of the century" to a subject of droll comic relief, librettist Pietro Metastasio had seized upon the convenient device to launch his witty commentary on the subjectivity of innocence and disenchantment: the lighthearted opera (famously set by Haydn), L'isola disabitata or "The Desert Island". In the opera's Tuesday performance at Alice Tully Hall --- staged by period-instrument favorites, the American Classical Orchestra, led by Thomas Crawford on harpsichord --- one hopes that the opera's delightful social commentary, together with its slapstick gags, had fully reached the New York audience.
