Backun Fever

A few years ago I attended the annual Clarinet Festival, a huge multi-national event for clarinetists, by clarinetists and attended by thousands of clarinetists. It springs up in a different city and country late each summer. That year it was…

Loving Russian Music

Since a friend of mine moved to Minneapolis last Fall, I’ve perused the Minnesota Orchestra’s site from time to time. I noticed that Andrew Litton will be conducting Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony March 26-28. I would love to hear that performance,…