Composer Michael Kamen’s “New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms” had its premiere with Washington’s National Symphony this week. Kamen says he’s trying to demolish barriers between rock and classical music. After all, he says, “They have music in common, the same 12 bloody notes.” – Washington Post
- Same 12 notes? A review: “Last night, the National Symphony Orchestra offered nothing but weeds and garbage, music that doesn’t belong in a concert hall, music that adds nothing to our understanding of the sentiments it strives to depict, music that has little use of any kind. It was two hours of despair and perhaps the worst single evening at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall this season.” – Washington Post 01/14/00