Internet radio broadcasters say a controversial royalty increase threatens to drive them out of business. The music industry says it's only looking for fair compensation for its artists and recording labels. Today, a look at whether a bill introduced in congress could keep Web radio station's afloat. Also: The Dutch composer Jacob ter Veldhuis, aka JacobTV, has been active on the European music scene in the past decade, with orchestral music, boombox works, chamber music and video. He joins us today. Finally, in advance of Lincoln Center's staging of "The Tristan Project," we get a primer on recordings of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde."
Pay to Play?
Online radio stations are facing a hefty hike in the royalties they pay to record labels for streaming music. If a federal copyright panel's ruling stands, it could wipe out smaller companies in one fell swoop.
I Want My JacobTV
The Dutch composer Jacob Ter Veldhuis is considered a major figure on the European music scene, and he's obsessed with America – and especially, with American media. Also known as Jacob TV, he is now beginning to make a name for himself on American shores, with a three-day mini-festival of ...
A Tristan Primer
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is the mother of all fatal attractions, a five-hour epic of two neurotic lovers undone but ultimately transformed by their love. The opera arrives at Avery Fisher Hall this week under the guise of "The Tristan Project," an ambitious multimedia adaptation. Today we get a primer ...