'The L.A. Philharmonic has commissioned the composer Adam Schoenberg to write a work in honor of P-22, to be titled “Cool Cat”; it will have its première this summer, at the Hollywood Bowl.' newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

A @nightafternight-style playlist therestisnoise.com/2023/03/nighta…

For Bea therestisnoise.com/2023/03/for-be…

Adorno on ice cream therestisnoise.com/2023/03/adorno…

'I cannot love without trembling' therestisnoise.com/2023/03/a-majo…

At Lubitsch's piano, with his honorary Oscar. My 2022 article about the master: newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

In this week's The New Yorker, a column about Kate Soper's The Romance of the Rose at Long Beach Opera and a new production of Lohengrin at the Met. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

On the The New Yorker website, some musings about Gustavo Dudamel's move from the LA Phil to the NY Phil. newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

Stay, little Alban Berg Valentine, stay therestisnoise.com/2023/02/stay-l…

At the The New Yorker website, a commentary on All Quiet on the Western Front: the novel, the first film, the latest film. newyorker.com/culture/cultur…

A @nightafternight-style playlist therestisnoise.com/2023/02/nighta…

An Erika Vega moment therestisnoise.com/2023/02/an-eri…

Also in this week's The New Yorker, a column about Michael Tilson Thomas newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

In this week's The New Yorker, an essay about Hildegard of Bingen newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

For Ernst Lubitsch's birthday newyorker.com/magazine/2022/…

Mansplaining Chopin, part 1

I don't mind ordinary music...

The Entry of Lucille Ball at the Wartburg

A musical evening with George Sanders

Memorable Parsifal moments on film