iDrink @ iTunes
Nico Muhly is set to appear at the Santa Monica Apple Store on the Third Street Promenade Wednesday, September 8th to mark two new releases from Decca. “A Good Understanding”…
Movies go to the Opera
Poul Ruders has composed an opera based on Lars von Trier’s 2000 film Dancer in the Dark. The work will be premiered by the Royal Danish Opera next week (on…
Paola on Q2
Our friends at Q2 are featuring the work of Paola Prestini today. the festivities include Prestini commenting on featured tracks at the top of every hour and this nifty live…
Binarium Sound Sound Series and Trills this Sunday, August 29th, in Houston, TX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9BoplwcaaI&hd=1 Trills Flavia. (Music and Film by Jonathan Jindra. Dancer: Paola Georgudis. Girl in TV: Valentina Canastaro. Assisted by: Simon Pena) Jonathan Jindra’s weekly experimental music concerts Binarium Sound Series…
The Proms–Mosolov, Watkins, Cage, Cardew, Skempton, Feldman
The Prom concert on August 20, by The Philharmonia Orchestra and Esa-Pekka Salonen, began with The Foundry (1927) by Alexander Mosolov. This is a four minute bit of Russian avant-garde…
Breaking bubbles, orchestral edition
Friend, trumpeter, Co-Artistic Director of ANALOG arts and S21 pal Joseph Drew, today on his own ANABlog space shared a few more thoughts on the economic realities of today’s orchestra.…
Pärt on the Proms
Among the events being commemorated in this year’s Proms season, is the 75th birthday of Arvo Pärt. This celebration kicked off on August 17 with a concert by the BBC…
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We Love Advances
Steve Reich’s latest Nonesuch CD recently arrived, sans artwork in a little cardboard case. The disc features Double Sextet and 2×5, his collaborations with Eighth Blackbird and Bang on a…
Interview with Frank J. Oteri
This Thursday evening, the Locrian Chamber Players are presenting a concert at Riverside Church in New York City. The program features music by Harrison Birtwistle, Judith Shatin, John Luther Adams,…
James Dillon at the Proms
On Thursday night The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins, performed La navette by James Dillon, giving the work its first UK performance. Born in 1950, Dillon could be…