Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra – Review
RIDGEFIELD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA April 1, 2006 — Review by Courtenay Caublé With Maestro Sidney Rothstein back on the podium and in full command, the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra’s final subscription concert this season at Ridgefield’s Anne Richardson Auditorium featured Russian pianist Elena Baksht in Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and included two works by Modest Mussorgsky […]
“That’s not going to change”
While driving to Reading, Pennsylvania, earlier this week to visit Maestro Sidney Rothstein for a conducting lesson (more on Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture later), I tuned in to Bloomberg radio. The reporter was interviewing John Thain, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange (NYX), which had just started its first day as a public company. The […]
Miami Marks
I had hoped to locate a Miami benchmark (AC4021) today but finally had to give up. The mark had been placed in 1971. The documented history shows it to be near a tennis court and basketball court, both of which have been gone for years. Like many of the nation’s benchmarks, it seems this one […]
Music Blues
Two years ago I was confident that it would happen — more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music for 2005. This was triple the year before. For 2007, the number rose to $3B and represented 15% of total music sales up from less than 1% in 2003. People are willing to pay for […]
Miscellany – 01-06-06
Just back from sunny Florida. When we left Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday it was 84 degrees and blue skies. It was a bit cooler when we got to Palm Coast and St. Augustine Beach. There was construction everywhere — condos, homes, malls, highways, and infrastructure. Seems like a "bubble" is a legitimate concern. The […]