http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/hughes-views-5 Hughes Views latest blog posts http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/03/The-Guest-Conductor-Conundrum-227 http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/03/The-Guest-Conductor-Conundrum-227 This season has seen the emergence of strong new music directors at the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with conductors Alan Gilbert and Gustavo Dudamel, recharging their organizations.   But this season has also been one... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/03/The-Continuing-Allure-of-Chopin-226 http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/03/The-Continuing-Allure-of-Chopin-226 The music world loves anniversaries. Indeed, it looks for them, whether it’s birth, death, marriage, whatever. Unlike the literary world, which will soon mark the birth of Dickens in 1812 with perhaps an essay or two or yet another... Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/The-Craft-and-Craftiness-of-Season-Announcements-225 http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/The-Craft-and-Craftiness-of-Season-Announcements-225 We’re at the time of year when another year looms. An artistic year. That is, announcements for the coming seasons at symphonies, operas, subscription theaters.   Season announcements are a curious hybrid of hopeful buzz-building and... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/Improvisation-and-the-Classical-Muse-223 http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/Improvisation-and-the-Classical-Muse-223 Many jazz musicians are prized for their ability to improvise. In fact, they are sometimes judged more on their improvisational imagination and harmonic breadth than their technical skills. The same used to be true of classical musicians. But that was a... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/The-Back-and-Forth-Influence-of-Jazz-and-Classical-Music-222 http://www.classicaltv.com/blog/Hughes-Views-5/2010/02/The-Back-and-Forth-Influence-of-Jazz-and-Classical-Music-222 Around the time that some composers began to grapple with freeing their music from the boundaries of tonality in classical music, others began to free themselves by incorporating the harmonic liberations and polyrhythmic bravado of... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT