Matthew Guerrieri

Scores of George Crumb’s “Little Suite for Christmas” and Ferruccio Busoni’s Sonatina no. 4 on the music rack, waiting for the late service

Wolcum Yole

Please let me wonder Less than four years separate Surfin’ Safari, the Beach Boys’ first studio album, from Pet Sounds, their eleventh. Brian Wilson was 20 years old when the former was released; he was still 23 when t…

Of course I wrote about Brian: www.sohothedog.com/2025/06/12/p...

Chin Music An announcement: this Saturday, January 18, I will be in Boston, handling the lecture part of a lecture recital on Beethoven’s An die ferne Geliebte, with baritone Randall Scarlata and pianist Tany…

Not unrelated procrastinatory tangents here: www.sohothedog.com/2025/01/13/c...

Unrequited Love | Beethoven & Romanticism

Coming to Boston this Saturday to talk about Beethoven's "An die ferne Geliebte," Romanticism, and the perils of knowing too much www.bso.org/events/unreq...

Equally unexpected bits of information, not quite sure what to do with either

This week I learned that a) Oreo cookies dipped in ranch dressing actually are pretty tasty and b) Jorge Bolet conducted the Japanese premiere of "The Mikado"

While double-checking I discovered that, in the autograph, Bach did the last phrase in tabulature, crammed into the margin, like it was late theory homework, which made my day

Ach, you're right—my source had the tenor wrong but the C# disappeared behind some dodgy formatting. Fixed now, many thanks!

Tentatively back, with a holiday bibelot: www.sohothedog.com/2024/12/20/s...

Credit card from "Ellis in Freedomland" (1952): "James Mason as The Refrigerator Voice"

FRIDGE: You've got that little something extra that Ellen Terry talked about—Ellen Terry, a great actress long before you were born. She said that that was what star quality was: that little something extra

ME: Where are you hiding the yogurt