Some of my colleagues have been asking me questions about the upcoming season as they prepare to send me their Staff Picks for 0910. I ask both staff and musicians to send me their Hot Picks, and some staff members actually like to do some research. I recommended to one colleague, who I already knew enjoyed more uncommon fare, to listen to György Ligeti's Violin Concerto, which is paired with Holst's The Planets on a program in March, with David Robertson conducting.
György Ligeti isn't the most common name, and my colleague
looked at me a bit quizzically. Then I told him what I always tell people who
haven't heard of Ligeti: If you've seen 2001:
A Space Odyssey, you've heard Ligeti. Those eerie sounds around the
monolith--that's music by Ligeti, which Stanley Kubrick used without permission.
