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Mats Eilertsen at Oslo"s jazz club (mp3)

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Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:57:20 -0700 Funky sounds from Temple Bar http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/funky-sounds-from-temple-bar http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/funky-sounds-from-temple-bar
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Listen!

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Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:01:08 -0700 Artists in Exile http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/artists-in-exile http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/artists-in-exile

"In Europe, Harding says, standard preparations for a concert might be three or four rehearsals plus a dress rehearsal; in the UK, it will be two plus a dress rehearsal. This is also an issue for composers: a piece premiered by a UK group might get a third of the rehearsal time it would in France or Austria. Like so many things, it's a question of funding. British cultural institutions have traditionally run on a combination of earned income and state support, while in continental Europe there is a much greater level of public funding (though this is becoming less luxurious). According to Ayres, "Twenty or 30 composers can make a living [in Holland]. Composers can apply for a bursary for three years; the idea is that they are contributing to Dutch artistic and musical life." In the UK, a mere handful of composers can make a living without another source of income."

Great article on why so many British artists live abroad. 

Unfortunately it looks like Ireland is heading in the same direction if the various cut backs and proposals to tax artist's income goes ahead. Much of the points raised in the article are highly relevant to the artistic sector here. 

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Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:57:19 -0700 ASIMO Robot Conducts The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (via @laputean) http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/asimo-robot-conducts-the-detroit-symphony-orc http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/asimo-robot-conducts-the-detroit-symphony-orc

Amazing! Wonder what he'd be like conducting Mahler...

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Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:03:14 -0700 Pat Metheny - Don't Know Why http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/pat-metheny-dont-know-why http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/pat-metheny-dont-know-why

I was never a fan of Norah Jones, but this version of Don't Know Why by Pat Metheny is pretty splendid.

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Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:36:13 -0700 Amazed at the corporate arrogance of Eircom in blocking Pirate Bay from September. What right do they have to act... http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/amazed-at-the-corporate-arrogance-of-eircom-i http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/amazed-at-the-corporate-arrogance-of-eircom-i Amazed at the corporate arrogance of Eircom in blocking Pirate Bay from September. What right do they have to act as Internet cop? I'm totally opposed to piracy but blocking sites such as TPB encourages piracy and does not help change peoples' attitude to illegal downloading.

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Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:00:00 -0700 Gardiner and Brahms http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/gardiner-and-brahms http://jonathangrimes.posterous.com/gardiner-and-brahms

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I’ve been listening to John Elliot Gardiner’s recent CD recording of Brahms’ 2nd Symphony and it’s really grown on me. I like his authentic performance approach and his sensible, stripped down reading of the work. Yet for all its lack of excess, it still manages to sound very fresh and light (perhaps that’s the reason why). Although it took me a while to adjust, I’ve come to really like the string sound of the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (think of Gardiner’s Bach recordings and you’ll know what I mean). The brass sound more rough-edged and this helps give the work a degree of vitality and bounce.

My favourite work on the CD has to be his Alto Rhapsody, such a dark sounding piece which foreshadows Richard Strauss’ much later Four Last Songs. Unlike the symphony, I didn’t know this work as well - here’s a performance of the piece with different artists on YouTube.

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