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Listening online

This post addresses a topic that I've hoped to write about for a while: resources for listening to classical music online. I'm planning to stick to resources that are free (no iTunes) and accessible to anyone (no Naxos/Classical Music Library) as well as not potentially infringing on copyright (YouTube). For this post, I will discuss three of my favorites and welcome you to submit others. I'd like to investigate other possibilities for listening online, so please feel free to comment and leave more suggestions.

“Von Sternen, Nebeln und Galaxien”: Peter Oswald über das Arcana Festival für Neue Musik

Am 24. Juli öffnet im steirischen Gesäuse das neugegründete ARCANA Festival für Neue Musik. Zeitschichten.com sprach mit dem künstlerischen Leiter, Peter Oswald, über Konzeption, Programm und die Bedeutung von Musikvermittlung für den heutigen Konzertbetrieb.

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• I recently had the pleasure of meeting Manuel Schwiertz of ON Neue Musik Köln. Among other things he just started a new label for contemporary music, Blinker, that will be featured in an upcoming article at zeitschichten.com. If you can't wait for the interview to go online you can check out Blinker's brandnew website at http://ping.fm/baxNI in the meantime!
• Is there a better way to spend your lunch break than listening to Späthoven's op. 127/II? http://is.gd/dQFMG
• German New Music Ensemble "musikFabrik" teaches kids how to compose electronic music just like Stockhausen did: http://is.gd/dJodA
• Wie Jürgen Flimm Berlin als "größte Opernstadt der Welt" bezeichnen kann erschließt sich mir leider nicht. München hat auch drei Opernhäuser und überhaupt: seit wann ist die Deutsche Oper "fantastisch"? http://ping.fm/nTUkW
• It would indeed be fabulous for Boston if Riccardo Chailly replaced Levine. He is charismatic and a great musician. http://is.gd/dGiFr
• In expecto by Sofia Gubaidulina. A fantastic piece for accordion, played superbly by Maciej Frąckiewicz http://is.gd/dCDip
• Exploring Karlheinz Essl's vast sound library at http://ping.fm/VRAxq
• Finally! The Hagen Quartet CD arrived! http://ping.fm/4RA8t
• Wolf-Dieter Seiffert, CEO of the Henle Publishing House, blogs about Schumann and Chopin. http://ping.fm/JZTYA
• Louis Andriessen article at the Detritus Review. Nice coincidence. Just heard a fascinating talk by Rob Zuidam on "The Five" http://ping.fm/guB4D