LONDON - First there was the book. Now there is the festival. The Southbank Center announced the details Tuesday morning of The Rest Is Noise, a year-long festival of 20th-century music inspired by Alex Ross's 2007 book of the same name. Mr. Ross, a music critic for The New Yorker magazine, won considerable acclaim for “The Rest Is Noise,†a sweeping survey of 20th-century classical music.
“When I read the book in its proof form, I called up Alex Ross right away,†said Jude Kelly, the artistic director of the Southbank Center, speaking to journalists and music professionals at the press launch. “I said, let me stage this.†Read more here on the IHT's blog, Rendezvous.
