Thursday, July 9, 2020

Edward Cowie, Clarinet Concerto No. 2, Concerto for Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Williams, Alan Hacker

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It falls upon me as a reviewer to listen to a lot of music by composers not all that well known at present.The ones that interest me tend ...
Monday, July 6, 2020

William Walton & Constant Lambert, Facades, James Geer, Andrew West, Ronald Woodley

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An unexpected twist in repertoire, interesting composer pairings--those sorts of things can be refreshing and worthwhile. Today we have su...
Thursday, July 2, 2020

Eric Nathan, The Space of A Door, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose

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Consider this broad swatch of orchestral and chamber orchestral compositions on a new program of works performed with care and true musica...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Eighth Blackbird, Singing in the Dead of Night, New Chamber Music

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As always, music changes over time. Wake up one day and things are different. That is the case with the New Music ensemble Eighth Blackbir...
Friday, June 26, 2020

Aaron Jay Kernis, Color Wheel, Symphony No. 4 "Chromelodeon," Nashville Symphony, Giancarlo Guerrero

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I've gladly covered the music of Aaron Jay Kernis (b. 1960) on these pages (type his name in the search box for additional reviews), y...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Morton Feldman, Coptic Light, String Quartet and Orchestra, Arditti Quartet, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Boder, Emilio Pomarico

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The more Morton Feldman (1926-1987) performances that become available, the more I am convinced of his central importance to the 20th Cent...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

William Chapman Nyaho, Kete, Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora

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The big wide world out there ever creates music and we are fortunate to live in times when it is possible to explore regions and repertoir...