by Daniel Hathaway
EARTH DAY IN PERSPECTIVE:
Sometimes it’s good to take a long view of things — like watching our planet from 240 miles out in space. Here’s a live NASA feed from the International Space Station with a new-agey soundtrack. Or, if you prefer Beethoven with your earth views, click here to watch the globe spin by — mostly at night — to the accompaniment of the Egmont overture.
STREAMING TODAY:
Check the Concert Listings for details about Wednesday’s scheduled events, including Kirill Gerstein at The Gilmore, Lunchtime with The Cleveland Orchestra, a CIM virtual concert by the Avalon Trio, the MET Opera’s HD broadcast of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and a WCLV broadcast of an archived ChamberFest Cleveland performance at Harkness Chapel.
TODAY’S FEATURED VIDEOS:
STARS in the Classics has assembled a retrospective video of some of its events from 2019, including music from Italy and Spain, a program for two pianos “and more,” and a Halloween salon. Watch here.
INTERESTING READS:
Now that everything has moved online, critics have begun contemplating how that has changed our relationship to performing artists, and how streaming could become a new normal — given some improvements on current technology.
Read an article on the WQXR blog by Philadelphia Inquirer classical music critic David Patrick Stearns, “A Look Inside: Streaming from Home is Giving Us A Peek at Musicians’ True Selves.” And check out Anya Wassenberg’s report, “Live Streaming Is Here To Stay — The Future Of An Emerging Technology,” from her Ludwig van Toronto blog.
