Cage at 95; Bowles & Oteri at 8:30
Tomorrow would have been John Cage’s 95th birthday and to mark the occasion, Avant Media Performance is staging two multimedia realizations of works by Cage at the The Kitchen, 512…
Steve’s click picks #35
Our regular listen to and look at living, breathing composers and performers that you may not know yet, but I know you should… And can, right here and now, with…
Oteri & Bowles–The Reunion Tour
Marvin Rosen has a terrific Classical Discoveries program coming up next Wednesday. His guests from 8:30 am until 11 will be the legendary Frank J. Oteri and…umm, me. That assumes,…
Some More Proms–Lutoslawki, Birtwistle, Ades
On August 16, the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Martin Brabbins, presented a late-night concert in honor of Sir John Drummond, former director of the Proms, who died last…
Lost and Found
IRIS By evidence (stephan moore + scott smallwood) Deep Listening (DL 35-2007) This two-disc collection offers an audio CD with works by evidence, and a DVD that uses this audio…
Portman at the Proms, Beaudoin at the Arcola
In England the last Monday in August is a Bank Holiday, and is more or less equivalent to Labor Day in the U.S. in being the last holiday of the…
Morricone Speaks
I’m sure I wasn’t the only S21 reader pleased when Ennio Morricone received a lifetime achievement Oscar earlier this year. Recently he chatted with CNN. At one point he advises…
I Know I Am
As those of you who come round here regularly know, I’m not a composer or musician but I am an experienced listener with limited patience for things that take too…
Quitting Just Ain’t My Schtick
Rodney has been doing such a great job with the Proms that it’s given me time to finish one of my new projects–the Cleantech Collective, a social community for people…
John Adams at the Proms
The Prom concert on Tuesday night was given by the BBC Symphony and John Adams, with pianist Olli Mustonen. The big event of the evening was the first performance of…