This is how I will remember Suzanne
She was 21. I was 22. We were in love. Nothing was impossible.
Hilary chats up Nico
S21’s intrepid reporter-in-the-field (oh yeah, and superstar violinist, too!) Hilary Hahn just happened to virtually bump into the dean of (very young) American composers, Nico Muhly. …Well, maybe there was…
Uncaged Toy Piano Festival starts Tuesday
Think the emphasis should be placed on the first word of toy piano? If so, you’re behind the times! The repertoire and the number of toy piano performers are both…
Toshio Hosokawa: “Landscape V” (Video)
On the File Under ? blog tomorrow, we’ll be discussing Landscapes, Toshio Hosokawa’s first portrait CD for the ECM imprint. The new recording features an orchestral arrangement of this 1993…
I think I overdosed on student composers’ music (part 2)
Early this week I posted my report on the 2011 Midwest Composers Symposium, wherein I mentioned the fact I had heard a lot of students’ music in a short amount…
Spears and Supko share Galapagos double bill
Time Out New York’s Steve Smith is sparing with the 5-star CD reviews, but he gave his highest score to Drawn Only Once, Due East’s New Amsterdam release. It features…
I think I overdosed on student composers’ music (part 1)
The positive aspect of having too much of a good thing is that you’ve consumed something good. For me in the last week, the object of my over-consumption has been…
Brave New Works Comes to Town
For those of you in the area, the highly-lauded chamber ensemble Brave New Works is returning to their old stomping grounds in Ann Arbor for two performances this weekend. The…
David Lang is Writing a Piano Piece for Four Hands. Two of Them Could be Yours.
David Lang is one of my favorite composers and among a handful of brave souls who created the vibrant new music scene we enjoy today. He and his Bang on…
“Cold Shivers Seem Spine”: Are These Sketches of Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony?
Big news from Finland: Sketches of what appear to be Sibelius’s Eighth Symphony (long thought destroyed by Sibelius) have emerged. Here’s a clunky Google translation of the Finnish web site…