Robert Greenberg
Historian, Composer, Pianist, Speaker, Author
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Dr. Bob Prescribes: Esa-Pekka Salonen: Concerto for Violin
October 16th, 2018
Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto Leila Josefowicz, violin Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen Deutsche Grammophon I’ve been working with The Phoenix Symphony (TPS) for two seasons. Last season, I wrote and recorded eight video program notes (which were made available on the symphony’s YouTube Channel as well as on my Facebook page) and presented three lectures in association with the TPS’s Chamber Concert Series. This season my role has expanded. I will deliver…
Music History Monday: You’re the Top!
October 15th, 2018
Cole Porter Today we mark the death of the songwriter and bon vivant par excellence Cole Albert Porter. He was born on June 9, 1891, and died at the age of 73 on October 15, 1964: 54 years ago today. We begin with what is, I think, is a great story. In September of 1939,…
Tuning Systems and Key Selections
October 12th, 2018
Patreon Patron, Mr. Franklin, asks: “Dr. B - how about a post/lecture discussion about WHY certain composers or genres chose specific major or minor keys. To state the obvious, the intervals between the pitches in all major keys are the same whether the tonic is C or Ab. Why choose one over the other? Thanks.”…
Dr. Bob Prescribes: My Parsifal Conductor – A play in two acts by Allan Leicht
October 9th, 2018
https://vimeo.com/294151318/ My Parsifal Conductor opens October 11, 2018 for a limited engagement at the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater at the West Side Y, 10 West 64th Street, New York, NY; presented by The Directors Company. Starring Eddie Korbich, Claire Brownwell, Geoffrey Cantor, Carlo Bosticco, Logan James Hall, Alison Cimmet, and Jazmin Gorsline, and directed… Robert Greenberg | Copyright © 2018 All Rights Reserved