by Kurt Knecht | Feb 1, 2012 | kurt knecht, leonard bernstein, Uncategorized
Earlier this week, I played a Leonard Bernstein review show. Bernstein is a composer with whom I’ve always had a somewhat complicated aesthetic relationship. He did so much for music that I am hesitant to be critical, but the truth is that some of his writing makes me...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 25, 2012 | arts, chiara quartet, haig mardirosian, kurt knecht, Lane Harder, Uncategorized
In his recent articles in The American Organist magazine, my friend Haig Mardirosian has been tackling the problem of poor concert attendance and the seeming demise of concert music. Haig always writes articles that are both thoughtful and urbane. (You can read some...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 23, 2012 | gigging stories, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
My wife has often said that I have a “European” sense of personal hygiene. My socks seldom match. I don’t iron my shirts. I stopped combing my hair around the time I successfully emerged from my 80s New Wave look. I don’t shave regularly. It’s not that these are...
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 18, 2012 | Jonah Sirota, kurt knecht, SPACE, Uncategorized
I made a little garden tonight using pencils, organ pipes, bells, and the harmonic series. The incomparable Jonah Sirota came strolling through with his viola mixing his rosin with the incense and the candles.
by Kurt Knecht | Jan 16, 2012 | bob marley, kurt knecht, organ, Uncategorized
There is a wonderful loneliness that can settle into a church when you have spent several hours in solitude practicing some thorny section of a Bach Fugue. The tinted light from the stained glass dances around the high ceilings with the F sharps and the B flats. One...
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