Happy 87th Birthday Philip Glass!
Happy 87th birthday Philip Glass! Composers who live into their late octogenarian years would be justified in resting on their laurels. Glass, however has returned to playing his earlier piano…
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NY Philharmonic – Unpacking the Spring 2024 Season for New Music Lovers
A few months ago, I wrote an article that distilled the New York Philharmonic Fall 2023 season into enticing programs for contemporary music lovers. “When you see New York Philharmonic’s…
Jeffrey Mumford – Echoing Depths on Albany
Jeffrey Mumford Echoing Depths Albany Records Jeffrey Mumford’s music channels high modernism into imaginative works that are luminously textured. His latest Albany release, Echoing Depths, features two pieces for orchestra…
The Chevalier: New York Premiere
The Chevalier: The Life & Music of Joseph Bologne brings together two concepts that are hot today: music theater (or, theater with music), and recognition of figures in classical music…
Skjálfti on Sono Luminus (Recording review)
Skjálfti Páll Ragnar Pálsson and Eðvarð Egilsson Sono Luminus SLE-70031 Today, where the list of practitioners frequently overlap, how does film music translate to concert music adaptation? On the…
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“Angel Island” by Huang Ruo at the Prototype Festival
The special sauce that has made Prototype, the annual opera/theater festival, a success for over a decade is a straightforward formula: socially relevant, edgy vocal works that are high on…