Alex Wand – Music for Dance 2017-2020
Music for Dance 2017-2020, by Alex Wand, is a new album of selected electronic instrumental music created as accompaniment for choreographed dance. Wand’s experience with the local dance community is…
Rhiannon Giddens sings “Julie’s Aria “from her new opera (Video)
Rhiannon Giddens, along with guitarist Bill Frisell and percussionist Francesco Turrisi, perform “Julie’s Aria” from Giddens’ first opera, Omar. Premiering at Spoleto, the opera is receiving productions at a number…
Bryan Senti and ACME – “Mantra” (Video)
Bryan Senti has shared a video of “Mantra,” the first single off of his forthcoming album Manu, out June 24th via naïve.
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The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill’s “Motherwhere”
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…
Peter Thoegersen – Alien Music
Magic&Unique Records has released Alien Music, a collection of the early works of Peter Thoegersen that combine alternate tuning with polytempic meters. With pieces dating from 2002, this album offers…
Molly Tuttle – Crooked Tree on Nonesuch (CD Review)
Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway Crooked Tree Nonesuch Songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Molly Tuttle makes her Nonesuch debut with Crooked Tree. Co-produced with dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas, the release includes…
MicroFest Records – Harry Partch, 1942
Harry Partch, 1942 is a combination CD and printed hardcover book from MicroFest Records that documents the events leading up to Partch’s pivotal recital in Kilbourn Hall at the Eastman…
Wolfgang Rihm – Jagden und Formen (CD Review)
Wolfgang Rihm Jagden und Formen Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Franck Ollu, conductor BR-Klassik CD Wolfgang Rihm’s hour long orchestra work Jagden und Formen (2008) has its roots in an earlier work,…
Aleksandra Gryka on Kairos (CD Review)
Interialcell Aleksandra Gryka Florian Müller, harpsichord; Klangforum Wien, Joseph Kalitzke, conductor Kairos CD Klangforum Wien is undertaking a series of portrait recordings on Kairos of Polish composers. The first solo…
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Bang on a Can Long Play Festival 2022: An Interview with David Lang
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,…