Comments on: mm277: 20th Century classical music is 100 years old – and we haven’t learned to listen to it! http://mudge.essoenn.com/2008/02/06/mm277-20th-century-classical-music-is-100-years-old-and-we-havent-learned-to-listen-to-it/ A slightly skewed view of a very weird universe. Sat, 26 May 2012 06:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mm320: Soothing the savage, etc. « Left-handed Complement http://mudge.essoenn.com/2008/02/06/mm277-20th-century-classical-music-is-100-years-old-and-we-havent-learned-to-listen-to-it/#comment-8185 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:03:38 +0000 http://mudge.essoenn.com/2008/02/06/mm277-20th-century-classical-music-is-100-years-old-and-we-havent-learned-to-listen-to-it/#comment-8185 [...] And, performing his music of 1959 presents challenges to amateur musicians. Lawrence Eckerling is a professional musician; Dr. Donald Chen, long-time (and soon to retire) director of the North Shore Choral Society teaches conducting and choral music at a local university for his day job. They’re the pros. The amateurs are the plucky volunteer members of the Evanston Symphony and the North Shore Choral Society, and for them, and, let’s face it, their audience, the music of true 20th century composers presents issues. We’ve touched on this before in this nanocorner of the ‘Sphere©, most recently here. [...]

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