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The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill’s “Motherwhere”

May 12, 2022 Adam Sherkin

April the First proved a propitious date for the New York Classical Players’ much anticipated program featuring a new collaboration – and premiere – with the Parker Quartet. In the…

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Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2022: An Interview with David Lang

April 24, 2022 Gail Wein

Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that Bang on a Can planned for that spring, Long Play,…

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Abrahamsen’s Schnee (CD Review)

April 7, 2022 Christian Carey

Hans Abrahamsen Schnee Lapland Chamber Orchestra, John Storgårds, conductor DaCapo This is the second recording of Hans Abrahamsen’s Schnee (‘Snow,’ 2008), an hourlong imaginative ensemble work populated by idiosyncratic canons…

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Chris Votek – Memories of a Shadow

April 5, 2022 Paul Muller

Microfest Records has recently released Memories of a Shadow, a new CD by Chris Votek. The liner notes state that Votek is “…an innovative composer refracting Indian Classical music through…

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Celebrating Mendelssohn’s Birthday with Piano Works

February 3, 2022 Christian Carey

Celebrating Mendelssohn’s Birthday with Piano Recordings February 3rd is Felix Mendelssohn’s birthday. To celebrate, here are two reviews of recent recordings of piano music by the composer. Felix Mendelssohn Complete…

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Best of 2021 – Burned into the Orange by Peter Gilbert (CD Review)

December 7, 2021 Christian Carey

Burned into the Orange Music of Peter Gilbert Arditti String Quartet; Iridium Quartet, Emmanuele Arciuli, piano; et al. New Focus Records CD/DL This is composer Peter Gilbert’s second recording for…

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Ojai Music Festival – Sunday Morning Concert

September 29, 2021 Paul Muller

On the last day of the Ojai Music Festival, the 11:00 AM morning concert featured the LA Philharmonic New Music Group performing five works, including a world premiere. The concert…

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Ojai Music Festival – Friday Evening

September 21, 2021 Paul Muller

The Ojai Music Festival was re-scheduled this year from the traditional June to mid-September as a result of the continuing Covid pandemic. All the precautions were in place to meet…

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City of Tomorrow on New Focus (CD Review)

August 23, 2021 Christian Carey

City of Tomorrow Blow New Focus Records The City of Tomorrow is a woodwind quintet dedicated to 20/21 music, particularly compositions that explore environmental themes. They first convened to play…

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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021

July 22, 2021 Gail Wein

LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live music over the past year and half can rejoice and…