Twentieth Century Composer

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The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill’s “Motherwhere”

May 12, 2022 Adam Sherkin

April the First proved a propitious date for the New York Classical Players’ much anticipated program featuring a new collaboration – and premiere – with the Parker Quartet. In the…

CD Review Contemporary Classical File Under? Orchestras Twentieth Century Composer

Michael Gielen Edition Vol. 10 (CD Review)

Jan 25, 2022 Christian Carey

Michael Gielen Edition Volume 10: Music After 1945 SWR Sinfonieorchester, Michael Gielen conductor SWR 6xCD boxed set The tenth and final boxed set in SWR’s Michael Gielen Edition spotlights…

Best of CD Review Composers File Under? Piano Twentieth Century Composer

Best of 2021 – Piano Music

Dec 16, 2021 Christian Carey

William Byrd and John Bull The Visionaries of Piano Music Kit Armstrong, piano Deutsche Grammophon CD In The Visionaries of Piano Music, Kit Armstrong plays two of the greatest…

Best of CD Review File Under? Piano Twentieth Century Composer

Best of 2021: Messiaen on Kairos (CD Review)

Oct 22, 2021 Christian Carey

Sequenza 21 – Best of 2021 Olivier Messiaen Vingt regards sur l’enfant-Jésus Alfonso Gómez, piano Kairos CD In 1944, Olivier Messiaen wrote a recital length work (about 2…

Choral Music File Under? Twentieth Century Composer

Penderecki’s Passion: a new recording

Oct 19, 2020 Christian Carey

Krzysztof Penderecki St. Luke Passion BIS Records Sarah Wegener, soprano; Lucas Meachem, baritone; Matthew Rose, bass Sławomir Holland, speaker Warsaw Boys’ Choir; Kraków Philharmonic Choir Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent…

Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical File Under? Music Events New York Twentieth Century Composer

Urban Playground Gives New York Premiere of Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 (Concert Preview)

May 6, 2019 Christian Carey

On Wednesday May 8th, Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra presents the New York premiere of Florence Price’s Violin Concerto No. 2, music by Harry T. Burleigh, and a rarely heard oratorio,…

CD Review CDs Contemporary Classical File Under? jazz Twentieth Century Composer

Anna Webber: Clockwise

Feb 26, 2019 Christian Carey

Anna Webber Clockwise Pi Recordings (2019) Saxophonist/flutist/composerAnna Webber, a thirty-five-year-old who has already won a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other plaudits, makes her Pi Recordings debut with Clockwise.Joined by an…

CD Review Composers Concerts Contemporary Classical Electro-Acoustic File Under? New York Orchestras Philadelphia Orchestra Twentieth Century Composer

Philadelphia Gives New York Premiere of Van der Aa’s Violin Concerto

Apr 12, 2018 Christian Carey

New York Premiere of Van Der Aa Violin Concerto The Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Music Director and Conductor Janine Jansen, Violin March 13, 2018 Carnegie Hall Published on Sequenza21.com…

CD Review Cello File Under? Orchestral Twentieth Century Composer

Perle Orchestral Music on Bridge (CD Review)

Mar 27, 2018 Christian Carey

George Perle Orchestral Music 1965-1987 Jay Campbell, cello Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot, conductor George Perle Vol. 4, Bridge Records 9499 A recording of five previously unrecorded pieces, Orchestral Music…

CD Review Chamber Music Contemporary Classical File Under? Guitar Strings Twentieth Century Composer

Best Chamber Recording 2017

Dec 31, 2017 Christian Carey

Terry Riley and Stefano Scodanibbio The Dark Queen Mantra Del Sol String Quartet; Gyan Riley, guitar Sono Luminus On this Sono Luminus CD, Terry Riley’s chamber works are…