Archive for 'Composers'
They’re Officially In The House
A little while back on S21, I mentioned the good news that the indomitable / indubitable / inscrutable / incontinent Kalvos & Damian were bringing back an online-only version of their (ASCAP Deems Taylor) award-winning broadcasts. Though the name has changed from New Music Bazaar to In The House, The show retains all of its […]
Posted: Steve Layton June 30th, 2008 under Broadcast, Click Picks, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Online.
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Brokeback Mountain a go….
Charles Wuorinen, who turns seventy today, has been commissioned by New York City Opera to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain. It is scheduled to be produced in 2013.
Happy Birthday CW!
http://pressroom.nycopera.com/pr/nycopera/news/_prv-BrokebackMountain.aspx
Posted: Christian Carey June 9th, 2008 under Composers, Contemporary Classical, New York, Opera.
Comments: 13
PBE/LA/OC
The Paul Bailey Ensemble is a self-described “alternative / classical garage band” busy these last few years in and around Los Angeles. Though Bailey (The bulky but sharp-looking fella in the center of the photo, surrounded by some of the PBE posse) gets naming rights and creates a large amount of the featured music, the ensemble […]
Posted: Steve Layton June 2nd, 2008 under Click Picks, Composers, Concerts, Contemporary Classical.
Comments: 20
Upcoming concert by the Locrian Chamber Players
An Evening of Contemporary Chamber Music with the Locrian Chamber Players
Saturday, May 31st at 8 PM
Riverside Church
Entrance at 91 Claremont Avenue
(North of W. 120th Street - One block W. of Broadway)
Free Admission
www.locrian.org
Featured performers: Calvin Wiersma, Conrad Harris, Danielle Farina, Greg Hesselink, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, and Emily Wong
Henri Pousseur
Minima Sinfonia (world premiere)
Yehudi Wyner
Madrigal (NY premiere)
Louis Andriessen
Xenia
John Ross
Deux […]
Posted: Christian Carey May 25th, 2008 under Chamber Music, Composers, Contemporary Classical.
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We Are All Amaranth
James Combs, composer… Ah, where to start?… I met James years ago, in our formerly-shared hometown of Seattle. Truly a “regular-Joe” in person, giving little hint of the ornate wheels spinning underneath. An anecdote on James’ blog seems a perfect illustration of the man and the work:
A Minimalist Experience
A boring Sunday, really not so much […]
Posted: Steve Layton May 7th, 2008 under Click Picks, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Piano, Recordings.
Comments: 10
Christos Anesti!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZViZUoJwH-w
Not really a religious piece but makes even a good atheist like me tear up. The Protecting Veil is Tavener’s masterpiece but as short pieces go, this one is special. Who has recommendations for other Orthodox Easter listening?
Posted: Jerry Bowles April 27th, 2008 under Chamber Music, Classical Music, Composers, Contemporary Classical.
Comments: 11
Mini-Reconquista
Wilfrido Terrazas, phenomenal flautist and busy-busy beaver in the Mexican new-music scene, just passed along notice about a fantastic series of concerts coming up the start of next month in NYC.
3G: Tres Generaciones Music Festival May 2–7
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) hosts a celebration of composer Julio Estrada and three generations of New Music from Mexico. […]
Posted: Steve Layton April 23rd, 2008 under Composers, Concerts, Contemporary Classical.
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Do You Come From the Other Land Down Under?
Marvin Rosen has a very special program coming up this Wednesday on his always brilliant radio program. John Psathas, one of New Zealand’s leading composers, will join Marvin live in the WPRB studio on April 23, 2008, from 8:30 am ET until 11:00 am ET during a special extended edition of Classical Discoveries. The entire five hour […]
Posted: Jerry Bowles April 20th, 2008 under Classical Music, Composers.
Comments: 10
Pictures 2008 Masterclass
This past Friday, Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey hosted a masterclass for the Pictures 2008 project. This competition, sponsored by NJ Arts Collective and the Montclair Art Museum, invited NJ high school and college students to compose works based on a painting in the museum’s collection: Sunset by George Inness (1892). The winning […]
Posted: Christian Carey April 12th, 2008 under Competitions, Composers, Contemporary Classical.
Comments: 2
A Second Life for New Music
Tim Risher is a composer that I bumped into a long time ago on this here web thingy. His illustrious career has taken him from making new music in Florida, to a long stint producing radio in Germany, to currently doing — well, something or other — in deepest, darkest Durham, North Carolina.
One of Tim’s latest personal […]
Posted: Steve Layton April 9th, 2008 under Click Picks, Composers, Contemporary Classical, Online.
Comments: 13