September 14, 2006
Classical Music Wants to Be Shared: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Podcasts

Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has just launched a terrific classical music series: The Concert Podcast: freely downloadable DRM-free music licensed for sharing under a Creative Commons Music Sharing License.

I started with a Schubert Concert, including a piece I'd had the pleasure of hearing earlier this year at the Metropolitan Museum: Musicians from Marlboro playing "The Shepherd on the Rock." While nothing can match hearing chamber music live, a string quartet doesn't fit into my pocket next to the Treo. These podcasts, well chosen and well recorded, help fill the spaces between live concerts. Perhaps they'll even attract new audiences to the live performances.

Congratulations to the Berkman Center's clinical program for helping to get this series online. Here's the podcast feed.

Posted by Wendy at 11:54 PM