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A pioneering researcher in computer-assisted music theory, Stephen is a former SMT member and directed research in computer-assisted piano instruction in conjunction with Yamaha. He is currently researching the nature of music performance practices.

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Marc-André Hamelin presents the delights of the nineteenth century

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

In his program for San Francisco Performances last night at Herbst Theatre, pianist Marc-André Hamelin communicated an understanding of the...
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Discovering William Walton through the EMI archives

Monday, December 14th, 2009

EMI has been in the business of recording music pretty much since that business first emerged. As a result they have accumulated a rather...
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Precious moments

Among the generation of composers that began to emerge after the Second World War, there was considerable attention given to structure with visions...
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A gift of Brahms that will keep on giving

Regular readers have probably noticed that I have particular interest in covering performances of the music of Johannes Brahms and have been given to...
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Schoenberg the middleman

It is hard to imagine a better program to illustrate the musical tensions of the latter half of the nineteenth century and their impact on the early...
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Learning from the visitors

This was Berlin Week at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Prior to giving their first concert tonight in Davies Symphony Hall, members of the...
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The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: a new season with a new conductor

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Donato Cabrera introduced his first season as Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra this afternoon in Davies Symphony Hall...
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The Berlin Philharmonic presents Brahms in two guises

The first program that Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic will bring to Davies Symphony Hall next Friday evening, November 20, will be the...
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Full disclosure

There are many reasons to be disappointed that, due to a medical emergency, Gautier Capuçon had to cancel his appearance at Davies Symphony...
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A pivotal composition from the early twentieth century

XM Satellite Radio listeners who have been following the regular broadcasts of the New York Philharmonic on the Symphony Hall channel (XM 78) may...
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