The average reader of this newspaper is probably not a great fan of classical music, but I would almost guarantee that the average reader of this newspaper has heard a certain section of Carl Orff's choral masterpiece Carmina Burana.I am of course talking about "O Fortuna," the movement that opens and closes Orff's massive setting of medieval poetry.
In case you've been living under a pile of biochemistry textbooks for the past month or so, poor beleaguered reader, the United States is having a few economic troubles of the severe recession variety.
Time and time again, I review Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts for the Justice, and time and time again, I can't help but gush onto the pages all the delight I can muster.
Hey, Brandeis. Do you read on a regular basis?"I would, but I don't have time." "I'm a science major-what do you think?" "Yeah, right." "By the time I'm finished reading for class, there's no way I'm going to look at anything else."Excuses, excuses, harried Brandesians.
Economists who think they know how to bolster our economy consistently exhort us with that well-worn phrase "buy American." But the experts who think they know how to look after our intellect apparently won't give a second look at American literature from across the pond.Before choosing French author Jean-Marie Gustave Le Cl
At 4 on a Friday afternoon, a group of about 10 barefoot people, composed of students, staff and family, is seated on a patterned rug that has been laid on the main stage of the Slosberg Music Center.
Brandeis' music department is lucky to have a group of full-time string-quartet members among its faculty.
James Levine and the Boston Symphony Orchestra returned with panache at the BSO's opening night Sept.
Bostonians and Brandeisians, mark your concert calendars now, for the Boston Symphony Orchestra continues to prosper under James Levine's directorship, and the first half of the 2008 to 2009 season promises further intriguing delights.For me, one of the hallmarks of a truly great symphony season is the ingenuity of the programming, especially when it comes to the ensembles at the zenith of the musical hierarchy.
Despite the fact that I am 20 years old, my mother still sometimes looks at me and shakes her head.
The Girl with a Guitar