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These Dreams: ICE and Carla Kihlstedt at Ecstatic Music Festival

Do you dream? I do. My dreams are like bizarre television shows, and, unfortunately, I only sometime…
Author
Will Roane
Bruce Brubaker

Bruce Brubaker at the University of Denver

This is a review that I hadn’t intended to write. I’ve had the pleasure of hearing Bruce Brubaker pe…
Author
Andrew Lee
Composer Christopher Rouse (photo credit: christopherrouse.com)

Oberlin Orchestra Plays Christopher Rouse NY Premiere at Carnegie Hall

One night after an impressive performance by the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble at DiMenna Cent…
Author
Marina Kifferstein
Martin Boykan Photo by BMOP Website

5 Questions to Martin Boykan

As a composer, scholar, and teacher, Martin Boykan’s influence pervades the spectrum of recent compo…
Author
Christian Gentry
George Benjamin - Copyright F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd

This week: concerts in New York (January 28 – February 3, 2013)

FOCUS! 2013: The British Renaissance Chamber Concert George Benjamin – Copyright F. Hoffmann-L…
Author
Sam Reising
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Hotel Elefant Brings Versatility To New Chamber Music

Last October, I CARE IF YOU LISTEN featured a video of the freshly deployed new music ensemble Hotel…
Author
Daniel Garrick
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Present Meets Past: Oberlin CME and ICE at DiMenna Center

I don’t think there is any other place in the world quite like the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. It…
Author
Marina Kifferstein
Henry Cowell A Man Made of Music

A Man Made of Music: Joel Sachs on Henry Cowell

I just finished reading Joel Sachs’ new book, Henry Cowell: A Man Made of Music for the third time.
Author
Kelsey Walsh
Patrick Grant

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

coLABoratory: Playing It UNsafe (Workshop III) | American Composers Orchestra This season, coLABora…
Author
Sam Reising
New Zealand String Quartet

Asian Music for String Quartet

The New Zealand String Quartet has shown much care and attention to detail in bringing to life the m…
Author
David Pearson
Soldier Songs (L-R: Zac Ballard, Christopher Burchett) Photo credit Jill Steinberg

NYC premiere of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs at PROTOTYPE Festival

Classical music and warfare have always been covert bedfellows. Mozart’s forgeries of the Alla turca…
Author
Matt Mendez
Chilly Gonzales

Chilly Gonzales at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

On Friday, January 11, 2013, Chilly Gonzales gave the US premiere of Piano Concerto No. 1, written f…
Author
Thomas Deneuville
Kim Kashkashian

Music for Viola: Kim Kashkashian records Kurtág and Ligeti

One of the most pleasing aspects of listening to solo string repertoire, from Bach to Bartók, is its…
Author
Caitlin Smith
Trio Kavak

This week: concerts in New York (January 14 – January 20, 2013)

Respire | Lea Bertucci Lea Bertucci[/…
Author
Sam Reising
Cathy Berberian

Waiting for the Berberians

Here’s a story I hope is true. Years ago, Laurie Anderson contacted Thomas Pynchon via snail mail to…
Author
Sam Zelitch
Sir Andrzej Panufnik

Panufnik: Orchestral Works Volume 5 on CPO

For much of his lifetime, Sir Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) enjoyed a stellar international reputatio…
Author
Don Clark
Emerging Voices - Zach Herchen, saxophone & Elisabeth Halliday, soprano

Emerging Voices: Blend and Beauty from Saxophone/Soprano Duo

While there is perhaps an over-abundance of saxophonists capable of playing blaring high notes, blaz…
Author
David Pearson
Arvo Pärt - Photo by Peeter Langovits

Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament

Having been appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Culture by the incumbent pope, Arvo Pär…
Author
Daniel Emmerson
Corey Dargel - Photo by Robert Mciver

This week: concerts in New York (January 7 – January 13, 2013)

Unraveling | Corey Dargel, Jacob Cooper [caption id=”attachment_1487″ align=”aligncenter” width=”600…
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Sam Reising
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Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance at the Barbican

To some it was a rare experience.  For fans of Philip Glass, attending a live performance of Koyaani…
Author
Brian Mark
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Tom Peyton’s Bell By Bell | Make Music Winter 2012

httpv://youtu.be/AzaFQgGJynw From Make Music Winter website: Artist Tom Peyton distributes fifty col…
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Thomas Deneuville
Record Grooves Under Microscope

2012 in Review: Listening

It’s that time of year again. Electric companies are excited about the diminishing daylight and the…
Author
Andrew Lee
Jeffrey Means conducting Sound Icon (Michele McDonald/Boston-Globe)

Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 2/2)

Sound Icon | Part 2: The Progressivist (read also Part 1: The Preservationist) If Boston Musica Viva…
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Christian Gentry
Boston Musica Viva (Photo by Aram Boghostan/Boston Globe)

Two Concerts in Boston: Preservationism or Progressivism? (part 1 of 2)

Boston Musica Viva | Part 1: The Preservationist Last November, I began this post with the intention…
Author
Christian Gentry
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