Rob Deemer, the distinguished host of The Composer Next Door radio program, was kind enough to send along some audio from last week’s program, which featured yours truly along with So Percussion and Duo46. He’s done an SLN edit, which highlights my portion of the program. Click here to listen. Rob’s doing an amazing service […]
The first review of American Voices has appeared on the august website Sequenza21. Here’s a sample: “American Voices is, without doubt, a CD you need. The performances by Mr. Sacawa are amazing and the music selected is equally so. This is music that every sax player you know needs to perform and that every music […]
How Brian Becomes Irritable During a 2.5 Hour Bike Ride
Headwind going out and coming back
Bitch in SUV insists on passing me on a descent despite the fact I am traveling in excess of 50mph
Gears keep slipping on steep climbs
90-degree heat plus humidity
Bad pavement
For most people who don’t follow professional cycling, I imagine the sport seems like a very individual pursuit. But teamwork—an often overlooked portion of professional cycle racing—plays an incredibly important role. The only race that Americans pay ay attention to is the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong’s 7-year dominance of it before his retirement […]
While my lovely assistant and I were in Rome last week it appears that a couple of tracks from the new CD were featured on Rob Deemer’s The Composer Next Door radio program along with recent recordings by So Percussion and Duo46. Missed the show? Me too. But check back soon for an mp3 of […]
We’re off to Rome today, a trip which will include sightseeing, relaxation, merriment, and of course, a concert of some very hard music. (Sadly, though, the Giro will be nowhere near us.) Don’t know if blogging will be possible from our pensione, so in the event that it’s not, ciao for a week. In the […]
And the winner is . . . The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross! Scott Spiegelberg’s semi-annual listing of the top 50 classical music blogs (top 53 this time) is out and it’s no surprise that Herr Ross tops that list. SLN is honored to be included amongst the best of the rest coming in […]
Every pursuit has its innovators, people who are synonomous with their field and without whom we couldn’t imagine that field existing the way it does today. This thought came to mind twice yesterday. The first time was while I was watching Dogtown and Z Boys, Stacey Peralta’s documentary about the birth of modern skateboarding. Would […]
Okay, first let’s play a bit of catch up. I have to keep reminding myself that this happened just over 2 weeks ago since it already seems like last year, but I did in fact play a recital in Baltimore at An die Musik LIVE!, a cool little performance space upstairs from the best classical […]