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A brilliant exploration of female voices: The Crossing’s “I want to live”

The Philadelphia-based choir The Crossing’s recent CD for Innova Recordings, I want to live , is a s…
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Ruth Carver
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Dense Transcendence: Aheym by Bryce Dessner and the Kronos Quartet

Aheym—released by Anti- on November 5—marks guitarist Bryce Dessner’s recorded debut as featured com…
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Daniel Kushner
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Outsourced Music From Germany at Bowling Green New Music Festival

Chicago-based Ensemble Dal Niente brought the controversial young German composer Johannes Kreidler…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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Erdem Helvacıoğlu sampling the Bang on a Can All-Stars [from our Magazine]

Since Erdem Helvacıoğlu’s “Tales of Oppression and Resistance” will be premiered (…
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Thomas Deneuville
Roomful of Teeth

This week: concerts in New York (November 4 – November 10, 2013)

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Sam Reising
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34th Annual Bowling Green New Music Festival

Every autumn since 1980, Bowling Green State University has transformed into an  international hub o…
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Jason Charney
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Transcendent Pathways Concerts Debut at San Francisco Conservatory

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music hosted the Inaugural Concert of the Transcendent Pathways co…
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Danny Clay
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Sexist portrayal of poverty in Harlot’s Progress at Theater an der Wien

In 1731, the British artist William Hogarth made a series of six paintings titled “A Harlot’s Progre…
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Caitlin Smith
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Chris Campbell and Grant Cutler’s Schooldays Over: Folk Reimagined

Schooldays Over is Chris Campbell and Grant Cutler’s dark and haunting reimagining of Ewan MacColl’s…
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George Heathco
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Filmmaker or Playwright? Composer Paul Lansky Premieres Textures

Around 2004, composer Paul Lansky famously made an about-face. After over 40 years of pioneering wor…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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This week: concerts in New York (October 28 – November 3, 2013)

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Sam Reising
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Bassoonist Peter Kolkay Shines in Joan Tower Premiere

Composer Joan Tower’s newest work, Red Maple, premiered on October 4, 2013, at the Koger Center for…
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Thomas Dempster
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Daníel Bjarnason’s Over Light Earth: Familiar Language, Daring Lexicon

Sometimes contemporary orchestral music is abrasively radical. And sometimes the revolution is much…
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Daniel Kushner
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Nico Muhly’s Two Boys: A thrilling production at the Metropolitan Opera

Monday, October 21, 2013 marked the New York premiere of Nico Muhly’s opera Two Boys at the Metropol…
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Sam Reising
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Arvo Pärt: Soul Replenishing at Soundstreams Toronto Season Opener

Many season openers tend to displays of bravado and vivacity. Soundstreams’ sold-out opener at Royal…
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Joanne Lam
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10 things to consider when you’re submitting an album for review

As the editor-in-chief of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN, I have been receiving a growing number of submission…
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Thomas Deneuville
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When man and machine play together: Andrew May’s Imaginary Friends (navona)

Aptly named in an age of technology-induced isolation, Imaginary Friends (navona) explores the relat…
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Amanda Cook
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eighth blackbird Soars with Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble

Three-time Grammy winners eighth blackbird returned to their nest for a concert with the Oberlin Con…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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5 questions to Elena Dubinets (new music scholar, artistic advisor for Seattle Chamber Players)

A champion of contemporary and experimental music, Seattle-based scholar Elena Dubinets balances her…
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Dana Wen
Krzysztof Penderecki

This week: concerts in New York (October 21 – October 27, 2013)

Atmospheric Shift: Music of the Elements/The Water: FLOOD [caption id=”attachment_3331″ align=”align…
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Sam Reising

Thomas Adès in San Francisco: A Warm, Welcoming Concert Among Friends

Early October saw the San Francisco Symphony continuing it’s commendable streak of new music program…
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Danny Clay
Lisa Bielawa

5 questions to Lisa Bielawa (composer)

Following a successful round of performances in Berlin, Lisa Bielawa is bringing the next installmen…
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Thomas Deneuville
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Ryan Muncy Breaks New Sonic Ground for Saxophone in Chicago

Michael Lewanski, conductor of Chicago’s Ensemble Dal Niente, introduced saxophonist (and EDN Execut…
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Arlene & Larry Dunn
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A Rake’s Progress for the Television Age at Theater an der Wien

In his 1964 essay for the Cambridge Opera Handbooks’ Igor Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, the compo…
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Caitlin Smith
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