File Under Favorites 2022 – Olivia de Prato (CD Review
File Under Favorites 2022 Olivia de Prato I.AM. New World Records Violinist Oliva de Prato is one of the stalwarts of the New York new music community, performing premieres with…
Tyondai Braxton – Telekinesis (CD Review)
Tyondai Braxton Telekinesis Nonesuch/New Amsterdam Telekinesis is Tyondai Braxton’s largest piece to date. It is inspired in part by the Japanese manga classic Akira, the story of a young boy’s…
Ben Johnston – Amazing Grace
Microfest Records has released Amazing Grace, a CD collection of three pieces by American composer Ben Johnston (1926-2019). The album features the Lyris Quartet and includes the title track, Amazing…
Nico Muhly – Alice Goodman – The Street (Favorites 2022)
Nico Muhly – Alice Goodman The Street Parker Ramsay, harp; Rosie Hilal, narration; The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Daniel Hyde, Director of Music King’s College, Cambridge, 2xCD The Street,…
Philip Golub – Filters
On October 28, 2022, Greyfade released Filters, a debut album of solo piano music by Phillip Golub. Based in New York, Golub has been performing for decades in both classical…
Choral Arts Initiative – Jeffrey Derus – From Wilderness (CD Review)
Jeffrey Derus From Wilderness – A Meditation on the Pacific Coast Trail Choral Arts Initiative, Brandon Elliott, conductor; Kevin Mills, cello Navona CD/DL With From Wilderness, Jeffrey Derus has written…
Buffalo Philharmonic honors Lukas Foss @ 100 at Carnegie
Buffalo Philharmonic and its music director JoAnn Falletta brought their considerable world class talent downstate to Carnegie Hall on Monday. The hall was full, despite persistent rain and the fact…
Lucy Fitz Gibbon/Ryan MacEvoy McCullough: the labor of forgetting
The program so sincerely produced on the labor of forgetting, the debut release from False Azure Records, reminds me of Pauline Oliveros, who once said, “Listening is selecting and interpreting…
Pamela Madsen – Why Women Went West
On Saturday, September 17, 2022, the Meng Concert Hall at Cal State Fullerton was the venue for the world premiere of Why Women Went West, a new chamber opera by…
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Carnegie Hall: Highlights of contemporary music in the 2022-2023 season
Ironically, the first concert of flutist Claire Chase’s reign as Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season focuses on a dead composer. In honor…