John Rittmeyer
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Listen to Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Take a Nature Walk with Caroline Shaw
This Friday or Saturday evening, you can hear Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony at the Southern Theatre , performed by the Columbus Symphony and conducted by → Read More
Beethoven's Nine Symphonies Featured this Fall on Symphony @ 7
This fall on Symphony @ 7 , Thursday evenings on Classical 101, I'm presenting all nine Beethoven symphonies (one each week), culminating with the Choral → Read More
Astronaut and Singer Julie Payette is Canada's New Governor General
Julie Payette, a former member of the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir who became an astronaut, is now the next Governor General of Canada. The Governor General of → Read More
Memorable Classical Music in Vietnam War Movies
With The Vietnam War documentary series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick set to begin at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 on WOSU-TV, I thought I'd conclude my three → Read More
Classical Music and the Vietnam War: From Lt. Dan to 'The Face of War'
Classical music didn't see the same surge in new compositions responding to the Vietnam War that was reflected in popular music of the time . But in honor → Read More
How Music of the '60s Reflected the Mood of the Vietnam Era
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's new PBS documentary series The Vietnam War premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 on WOSU-TV. I got to thinking about some of the → Read More
Renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Welcomes New Music Director
The highly regarded period-instrument ensemble Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra has a new music director. Elisa Citterio has stepped into the position formerly → Read More
For Gustavo Dudamel's Youth Orchestra, Politics and Art Like Oil and Water
For a number of years now, Venezuela's Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra has been a bright light of the country's cultural and artistic life. Its social value → Read More
Saving Point Counterpoint II: The Uncertain Future of the Floating Concert Hall
Anyone want to buy a floating concert venue that looks like a spaceship? As recently reported in the Chicago Tribune , cellist Yo-Yo Ma is on a mission to → Read More
A Century Later, Missing Manuscripts by Gustav Holst Found in New Zealand
English composer Gustav Holst took us on a musical journey across the solar system, from Mercury to Neptune, in his symphonic suite The Planets . In an → Read More
Was the Crown Jewel of Beethoven the Right Choice for the Hamburg G-20 Concert?
Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" is one of the crown jewels of the symphonic repertoire, and has, from very early on, been recognized as such → Read More
Another Conductor Shake-up Coming to a Major North American Orchestra
Just recently, it was announced that conductor Alan Gilbert will be leaving the New York Philharmonic to go to Hamburg, Germany. Now it looks like the → Read More
From New York to Hamburg for Conductor Alan Gilbert
After eight years as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert is leaving to become chief conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie → Read More
Bear Breaks into House and Plays Piano, But Just Barely
OK, we've all heard about Nora, the piano-playing cat , or numerous other cats at the keyboard. There have been other musical animals caught on camera as → Read More
The Beatles' Timeless 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Turns 50
"They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile." But have the Beatles really ever gone out of style? Much of the iconic → Read More
America's Longest-Running Piano Competition in Cincinnati Ends
The Cincinnati World Piano Competition is closing its doors after 60 years. It was recently announced that they were unable to raise the $300,000 needed to → Read More
Mahler's Third Symphony: A Journey into Life, Love and Nature
Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler is one of the longest symphonies in the standard repertoire. There may be a few longer ones out there, but this "hymn to → Read More
West Meets East, Abroad and in Columbus
Last September, I wrote about the opera by Indian musician Ravi Shankar that was left unfinished when he died at the age of 92 in 2012 and about its recent → Read More
How did Tchaikovsky get to Carnegie Hall?
This Sunday is the birthday of the most popular of all Russian composers, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840). And on today's date in 1891, he made his → Read More