Last Night in L.A.: Creative Music Festival at REDCAT
REDCAT, the CalArts outpost in Walt Disney Concert Hall, opened its fifth season last night with the first of two programs in a renewal of the Creative Music Festival. Wadada…
Mauricio Kagel — Adios, freunde
1931-2008. Ouch. Here’s a nice appreciation from Gramophone.
August 4, 1964: Preview
Tomorrow night is the world premiere of Steven Stucky’s August 4, 1964 with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Chorus and soloists. I spoke with Stucky last summer in Ithaca, NY about…
Minimalism: Tonight in Manhattan
This is the score for “Piece in the Shape of a Square” spread out across the stage at the Players Theatre. Tonight in Manhattan at 8:00 PM we’re celebrating the…
Blair McMillen and the Class of ’38
1938 was the beginning of a very rough patch for Europe but–as it turns out–it was a great year for the future of American music. Several of America’s most influential…
M50: Not Just A Crosstown Bus Anymore
This is just a friendly reminder about our upcoming concert next Wednesday, September 17th. Sequenza21 and Music On MacDougal are teaming up to present a concert of early Minimalism in…
Proms Wrap-up
The BBC Proms is ongoing until the end of this week, the traditional Last Night at the Proms being on Saturday night. For me it all ended about a week…
Let’s Make a List
John Adams – On the Transmigration of Souls Michael Gordon – The Sad Park Dennis Báthory-Kitsz: The Key of Locust Phil Kline – Vigil Elodie Lauten: S.O.S.W.T.C
Burn down the disco, Hang the blessed DJ, because the music that they constantly play, It says nothing to me about my life
There’s been a certain amount of breathless reportage about a new study linking personality and musical taste done by Adrian North at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. It’s hard…