by Daniel Hathaway
Turning the calendar page, we find ourselves on the cusp between the end of June festivals and the opening of the Blossom Music Center season.
Today’s agenda is blank. For details of upcoming concerts, visit our Concert Listings page.
INTERESTING READ:
“This season, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin experimented with programming works by female composers at every performance. Results were mixed.” Read (or listen to) Jeffrey Arlo Brown’s report from Berlin in Sunday’s New York Times, “What Happened When an Orchestra Said Goodbye to All-Male Concerts.”
TODAY’S ALMANAC:
Today marks the anniversaries of two births of note — German composer Hans Werner Henze in 1926 and American conductor Philip Brunelle in 1943. [Read more…]