Jan Garbarek and Hilliard Ensemble (CD Review)
Remember Me, My Dear Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble ECM New Series 2625 The Hilliard Ensemble disbanded five years ago. Happily, they made a few recordings for ECM that…
George Crumb – 90th Birthday Concert in Pasadena
On Sunday, November 3, 2019 the Pasadena Conservatory of Music presented a concert of piano music by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer George Crumb. The occasion marked the observance Crumb’s 90th birthday…
Violinist Midori and Pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City
No matter how old the violinist Midori is, I’ll always think of her as a child prodigy, the young teenager in the 1980s who played with A-list orchestras around the…
Reid and Eyck in Equal Sound Concert
On Sunday night, October 20, 2019 Equal Sound presented a double album CD release concert featuring experimental performer/composer Sarah Belle Reid and Berlin-based thereminist extraordinary Carolina Eyck. The Civic Center…
10/25 – Composers at Westminster Recording sees Release
On October 25th, the recording Composers at Westminster (WCC19109) will be released via digital platforms. The program notes are below. “Composers at Westminster” The five composers featured on this recording…
Aperplicity in Pasadena
On September 6, 2019 People Inside Electronics presented Aperplicity, a concert of performance art and music performed by two Los Angeles-based duos. Aperture Duo with Adrianne Pope, violin and Linnea…
Dave Smith at Cafe Oto in London
Dave Smith is an excellent composer and a formidable pianist. In his early days he played in the Scratch Orchestra, and over the course of his career he has worked…
Hayes Biggs on Mario Davidovsky (1934-2019)
Mario Davidovsky (March 4, 1934 – August 23, 2019) Mario Davidovsky, composer, teacher, and winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his Synchronisms No. 6 for piano and electronic…
BBC Proms BBC Singers Varese Koechlin Gubaidulina
Another theme of this year’s Proms is the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Henry Wood, the founder of the Proms. This celebration includes a survey of works which he…
Proms ENIGMA INSPIRE mixtape
The conductor Martyn Brabbins has been and continues to be a champion of new music and of British composers in particular. In celebration of his 60th birthday, the BBC commissioned…