PSO Strike: My Letters and Comments from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Letter to the Editor: “The PSO musicians should be well paid” Christine Rupp’s defense of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra management...
My Truth on "In Truth"
Let’s begin this review of the most recent PSO recording by judging its cover. CDs are not books, after all, and first impressions may...
A Report on a Conference Session about the PSO’s Legacy of Recordings
Meeting in Pittsburgh over the past weekend (27–30 May 2015), the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) offered a two-hour,...
BeatFirst BeethovenFest
Beethoven, we're told, was a revolutionary. So let me follow his lead by breaking my blog's rule of not reviewing concerts. This evening...
Icons, Angels, and Mussorgsky's Demons
Twenty years into the Internet Age, I remain amazed by the slow speed of change--not the rate at which technology itself changes, but the...
On Hearing the First Concert of Fall
The first concert of the regular season in 2014-15 brought a good program and an auspicious air of change. I passed over the gala opener...
PSO Discography Blues
Shortly after I got my copy of Play On: An Illustrated History of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a book-length history of the PSO by...
Maazel's Wagner
As a homage to Pittsburgh native Lorin Maazel, Music Director of the PSO from 1984 to 1996, I'd like to compare several Wagner...
State of State of the Symphony
In the mail the other day I received a small flyer from the PSO entitled "State of the Symphony: Why Your Support Matters." It includes a...
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Welcome to PSOliloquy, an independent blog where I share my thoughts on the past, present, and future of the Pittsburgh Symphony...
