Concert Music from Copland House and Music from China, part of the Ecstatic Music Festival @ Merkin Hall Chinese composers, writing in the second half of the twentieth century, faced a problem: how to write new music in.. 11 Apr 0
Essay Performers as Co-Composers I am not a governess who treats the composer like a child and tells him what he should compose. I.. 10 Apr 0
Album Jonny Greenwood and Penderecki (Nonesuch) I really want to like Jonny Greenwood’s compositional career. Radiohead were the first band I loved, and I think that.. 9 Apr 0
Interview 5 questions to David Bloom (conductor, co-artistic director of Contemporaneous) Contemporaneous’ bio states that the ensemble is “dedicated to performing the most exciting music that […] captures the spirit of.. 8 Apr 0
Concert The Body Electric: New Zealand composers at Kings Place, London “A younger generation of New Zealand composers … have abandoned the country’s Romantic search for musical representations of landscape, and.. 6 Apr 0
Concert De Profundis: The Deep End – Yale in New York closes season with music for low instruments Bassoon, trombone, tuba, double bass, cello – in many musical textures, low voices are employed as a harmonic foundation, while.. 5 Apr 0
Concert The Mountain Goats and Anonymous 4: voices from the past, words for the present Ask a fan of The Mountain Goats what they listen for in the music of John Darnielle and there’s a.. 4 Apr 0
Video Hanging out with Aisha Orazbayeva | Hang #4 Her name might ring a bell since Steven Berryman reviewed her first CD last year for I Care if You.. 3 Apr 0
Concert Chris Thile and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, at Galapagos and Carnegie Hall More than anything else, words like natural and effortless come to mind when listening to Chris Thile’s music. Not that.. 2 Apr 0
Concert Philip Glass at 75 at Carnegie Hall It is not everyday that an American icon turns 75. Of course, Elliott Carter turned 103 last December and that’s.. 1 Apr 0