Fire in July Gig on Nov. 12
This just in from singing cellist Jody Redhage: Hi friends, I’m excited to announce that my new website is up and running! Please visit www.jodyredhage.com. Also, Fire in July is…
Interview with Terry Riley
Thursday morning I talked with composer Terry Riley, who is in New York this week to collaborate with the Bang on a Can All-Stars in the US premiere of his…
Quartet for the End of Time at Merkin on Tuesday
Charles Neidich and friends are performing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and music by Israeli composers. The program is below, and you can check out the notes over…
Sampling your way through Sunday brunch
Sunday Music: CD Samplers in the Era of Pandora Sunday Music Volume 4 Big Helium Records BHRSM004 / www.bighelium.com Unlike the album driven days of yore, today it’s all about…
Locrian Chamber Players this Saturday at Riverside Church
Dear Friends, You are cordially invited to a concert of The Locrian Chamber Players this Saturday, August 23 at 8PM in the 10th Floor Performance Space of Riverside Church, 490…
Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
Daniel Wakin at the NY Times reports on the passing of Norman Dello Joio at age 95. One of the first pieces of 20th Century choral music I sang was…
Bad news from Tanglewood: The BSO press release
BSO MUSIC DIRECTOR JAMES LEVINE LEAVES TANGLEWOOD TO UNDERGO SURGERY BSO Music Director James Levine regrets that he will have to withdraw from the balance of the 2008 Tanglewood season.…
New Music Duo Hybrid Groove Project Drops Latest Hit “HGP Anthem”
Peabody faculty member David Smooke sent this along for your delectation: Summer’s just beginning and Hybrid Groove Project, the genre-bending new music duo from Baltimore, is already heating things up…
IFCP honors Carter on Monday and Tuesday
Institute & Festival for Contemporary Performance Marc Ponthus, Founder/director JUNE 10-17, 2008 www.mannes.edu/ifcp 212.580-0210 ext 4884 • MONDAY, JUNE 16 All-CARTER 7:30 conversation: the relationship between Carter & Speculum Musicae…
Brokeback Mountain a go….
Charles Wuorinen, who turns seventy today, has been commissioned by New York City Opera to compose an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story Brokeback Mountain. It is scheduled to…