BBC Proms–Finnissy and Sibelius
One of the major themes of this year’s Proms is the commemoration of the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius. The Proms on August 12 and…
BBC Proms–Boulez, Ravel, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Founds
As well as being one of the major figures in the music of the second half of the twentieth century, Pierre Boulez has had a long and important relationship with…
LSO Live Releases a Pair of 10s–Maxwell Davis and Panufnik
LSO Live is (are, if you’re English) releasing Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony No 10 and Panufnik Symphony No 10, conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano, performed by the London Symphony…
RighteousGIRLS CD release party
RighteousGIRLS will be celebrating their new disc gathering blue with a release party at Joe’s Pub at 7 P.M. this Friday, August 7th. Flutist Gina Izzo and pianist Erika Dohi…
Jennifer Higdon’s ‘Cold Mountain’ Debuts Tonight in Santa Fe
(via Amanda Ameer) Jennifer Higdon’s first opera, Cold Mountain, premieres at The Santa Fe Opera on August 1, 2015 and runs until August 24. The August 24 performance was added…
‘Man on a Wire’ in Pasadena
Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Boston Court, People Inside Electronics presented Man on a Wire, a concert of new music featuring pianist Aron Kallay. A capacity crowd filled the Branson…
Synchromy Concert in Pasadena
Friday night July 17 and Boston Court in Pasadena was the venue for a concert titled Music From Text presented by Synchromy, the Los Angeles-based composers collective. Brightwork newmusic was…
Contemplating Messiaen at the piano: Matthew McCright
At the risk of sounding like an Internet meme, one does not simply perform Olivier Messiaen. A performer must take certain risks, and prepare for the very real possibility that…
A Small Encounter with Gunther Schuller
It used to be that you could pick up the phone and call someone, and they would answer. And so it was perhaps a decade ago that I called Gunther…
ICE at Ojai Music Festival
The International Contemporary Ensemble – ICE – was one of the featured groups performing at the 69th Ojai Music Festival. On Friday, June 12, 2013 ICE presented a varied concert…