R.I.P. János Négyesy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRmeEzvIyBY Above: From the first European recording of the complete Ives Violin Sonatas, by János Négyesy and Cornelius Cardew Those of us who knew him will miss his personal warmth…
Boulez on BBC Proms
Today is the last day you can hear Derive 2 at the BBC’s web site–they stream for one week after the concert. There was a CD released earlier this year…
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The West Coast premiere of Inuksuit at the 2012 Ojai Music Festival
They say a picture is worth a 1000 words, so consider this photo album a 26,000 word review until I file my story. Inuksuit was one of the most extraordinary…
The Gospel According to The Other Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPZU_fK4-J8 Early reviews care of bloggers (one well-informed, one not so much) Boosey and Hawkes has a perusal score available–through an inadequate interface methinks–here. I was able to get some…
The Opera Librettos of Maurice Sendak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSbOCfIh3HI There has been plenty of eulogizing and assessment of Maurice Sendak’s remarkable career, most of it focused (rightly so) on his wonderful books. While Sendak’s work in opera and…
Laurie Spiegel’s appearance in The Hunger Games
How awful is the dystopia in The Hunger Games? Well, if you listen to one cue in the movie, you might be led to believe that only pitch-drifting analog synthesizers…
Behind the Green Umbrella: Lust, Sado-Masochism, and Incest in Andriessen’s “Anais Nin”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwZ9uPQw33E&feature=youtu.be Two American premieres of important new works by Louis Andriessen at the LA Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella concert tomorrow evening (Feb. 28), 8 pm. Get there at 7 pm for…
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John Cage events in Los Angeles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcHnL7aS64Y We had just seen John Cage recite his mesostic/theater work, James Joyce, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie: An Alphabet. My composition teacher, a tenured faculty member who had won many…
Because Opera Directors Look for New Operas on Ebay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oOj1EKSS6M This has got to be a first. Luis Andrei Cobo is offering his services to compose a grand opera to the highest Ebay bidder. For $150,000 you can buy…
Osvaldo Golijov: Thief? Collaborator? Genius?
Seems like it’s been a while since we had some Golijov bashing (and defending) on our site. What do you think about this story about a Eugene Symphony premiere, with…