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Review: Two recent American works, Mahler's Fifth Symphony from Fort Worth Symphony

The Trials of an MSO Subscriber - Quadrant Online

'I can hardly believe these MSO programme notes could be so ill-informed and so keen to whitewash an era of hideous tyranny and murder in the now-unlamented Soviet Union,' I complained some years ago. To my surprise, my gripe was taken to heart. I seriously doubt that would be the reaction today

Revinylization #54: Deep Purple's Machine Head

Ow Ow Ow, Ow Ow Whaow, Ow Ow Ow.Wha-aa-ow. That simple G-minor melody, supposedly inspired by Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (or perhaps Brazilian composer Carlos Lyra) and played with the tone of a Fender Stratocaster doubled by a Hammond B3 organ, is unquestionably the most famous rock-guitar riff. The apotheosis of 1970s hard-rock, the ubiquitous "Smoke on the Water" is also the unlikely story of the song's creation and the high-water mark of long-running UK rock band Deep Purple.

An Interview with Ted Albrecht  - Boydell and Brewer

Author of "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" Theodore Albrecht takes us through his journey with Beethoven in this interview.

William Dart review: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at Auckland Town Hall