13 Ways to Listen to Post-Ugly Music
Let’s go to the old mailbag and see what’s happening in the exciting world of new music. Ah, here’s something. Our friends at the American Music Center are launching Counterstream…
Tom Steenland’s Passion
Props to our amigo Tom Steenland who has been producing great avant-garde recordings on his Starkland label from Boulder for many years now. It isn’t every day that a CD…
Women’s Work 2007 – Three Wednesdays in March
Beth Anderson is hosting Women’s Work 2007, a series of three Wednesday concerts in March at Greenwich House Arts. The dates are March 14, 21 and 28 and the venue…
Contemporary Grande Frappucinos
Out my (Seattle) way, local composer and Seattle Weekly columnist Gavin Borchert this week offered up something titled “Small Apologies“. A few excerpts: Not that I have anything against Tony…
The Good, the Bad, and the Anal
Gérard Mortier, who is famous for painting lipstick on corpses and taking them to the ball, will become general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera after…
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?
The Metropolitan Opera announced that its co-production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha with the English National Opera will debut next season on April 11, 2008. The ENO is doing nine performances…
Tom Myron on Performance Today
Here’s a programming note to remember. Performance Today will broadcast Tom Myron’s Violin Concerto #2 on Tuesday’s program. The performance–by the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra–was recorded on 5/14/06 in Alexandria Virginia;…
Lost in Translation?
Since it’s opera week here at Sequenza 21 and there’s a lot of chatter in the comments about transplanting operas between cultures and Galen has raised the topic of fugues…
Man (or Woman) Overboard! Tobias Picker’s Back in Town
Speaking of great American operas, Tobias Picker has written two of them; Emmeline, which is an unqualified masterpiece, and An American Tragedy, which I think history will regard more dearly…
Is Grapes of Wrath the Great American Opera?
I don’t know Ricky Ian Gordon personally but he e-mails me frequently with updates on his projects, never neglecting to sign off with “xxxooo” which I find endearing although I’m…