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We leaped to our feet and called the soloist back four times following his interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; we continued applauding until he returned to
A transparent keyboard with mag-lev keys. Mathematicians have just identified a 13-sided shape that had only existed in theory. Researchers and a printing company form a consortium to develop 3D-bioprinted meat. Scientists use recovered DNA from an extinct species to cultivate a “mammoth meatball.” “Human cells hacked to act like squid skin cells could unlock key to camouflage.” An iconic logo was redesigned and (surprise) the Internet was not happy. The Wikimedia Foundation’s new sound logo is “the sound of all knowledge.” A painting called “Starry Waffles” combines Van Gogh...
Most of us are familiar with the notion of writer’s block, that paralysis of invention induced by the appalling sight of a blank page. Composer’s block is less widely discussed, although musicians seem equally afflicted by creative drought. Perhaps the best known case is that of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov, the subject of Radio
A lot is happening this weekend, including Milwaukee Blues Festival, Riverwest Radio Spring Ball and Tiki Takedown.
Is it the First Symphony, 'Titan'? The Second, 'Resurrection'? The long and ever-absorbing Third, the childlike Fourth? Which is the best Mahler symphony?