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The next MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS program, Friday night 11pm (pacific time) on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco will feature music by Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997). The program will feature some of his player piano studies and his 2 pieces for chamber orchestra. You can hear it live on KALW, or streaming in real time via http://kalw.org/. You can also hear it all next week from the MUSIC FROM OTHER MINDS website, http://otherminds.org/mfom/ Sunday the group ALARM WILL SOUND will be performing a concert of Nancarrow's music, including some transcriptions of his player piano studies. It's at Hertz Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Sunday 3pm, presented by Cal Performances. The only problem (for me at least) is that they're charging $32/ticket. This is a bit outrageous. First, its Hertz Hall not Davies Symphony Hall, or Carnegie Hall. Second, it's not opera. And third, its BERKELEY! I guess they expect not to have very many people attending so to cover the cost they have to set the tickets to Chez Panisse prices. So, if you can afford it, it should be a good concert. AWS is a great ensemble doing some really interesting things. But I'll have to pass this one up. My pockets have too many holes in them. (Update: I went; scroll up for mini-review) These prices are going to kill serious live music concerts. Update: I'm told that the John Zorn concert a few months ago had a similar ticket price barrier. About 200 people showed up. The hall holds 700. At these prices, there is no defense to the claim that serious music is elitist. It's certainly not for students.
