Author Archives: Scott Foglesong

Last fall I wrote liner notes for the SF Symphony’s new CD series, the “Keeping Score” companions. Each CD is the music-only version of one of the popular video programs. Due to space limitations (particularly given the need for multiple … Continue reading →

American audiences tend to be unfamiliar with English concert music. Surely this constitutes one of life’s little ironies, considering that this nation was founded as a British colony and still retains a significant percentage of citizens who are of English … Continue reading →

The other day a visitor to my home office remarked: I had no idea that computer sound could be like that. By “that” he meant full-bodied, engaging, clear, lifelike—in short, audiophile. His experience of computer-based audio has been up to … Continue reading →

Uh, oh: it’s happening. I’m turning into one of those middle-aged audiophile guys. It’s always guys, you know. Mostly middle-aged because exalted audio is expensive, although apart from the fringe extremists, it isn’t limited to only the insanely rich. Audiophiles … Continue reading →

It’s one of the iconic images of the Jazz Age, a scrubbed-up kid a few months shy of his 21st birthday, gazing just past the camera lens with a sweet, slightly sappy half-smile. He had twins by the thousands, back … Continue reading →

When I brought April home from the SPCA, she had earmites and infections in her eyes and upper respiratory tract. A knobby scar under her left front leg bore witness to some mishap during her past life, just as her … Continue reading →

Insatiable bookworm that I am, forever burrowing, reading this and that in places hither and yon, I’ve been known to go slumming on occasion with a trashy pulp thriller. I would never want to make a steady diet of the … Continue reading →

I may be a pianist, but listening to piano playing ranks very low on my list of Fun Things to Do. In my ever-burgeoning record collection, piano music represents only a modest fraction of the whole; in fact, I may … Continue reading →

Of late I’ve been reading through Gary Giddins’s and Scott DeVeaux’s Jazz, a stellar one-volume coverage of jazz in all its many shapes and sizes. Together with its accompanying 4-CD set, Jazz just might be your best bet for thorough … Continue reading →

For January I’ve written several articles pertaining to George Benjamin’s visit to the San Francisco Symphony. They’re online now on the SFS website, for your perusal, reading pleasure, edification, intoxication, etc. First up is a long article about Benjamin himself … Continue reading →