Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review

Modern classical and avant garde concert music of the 20th and 21st centuries forms the primary focus of this blog. It is hoped that through the discussions a picture will emerge of modern music, its heritage, and what it means for us.

Friday, October 27, 2023

Leonard Bernstein, Music for String Quartet, Aaron Copland, Elegies for Violin and Viola

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In music you might spend a lifetime with some composers and still not know some of the works. That is the case for me to date with Leonard...

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Justin Dello Joio, Oceans Apart, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Garrick Ohlsson, Alan Gilbert

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You live your life day-to-day and for me anyway the new music I hear marks time as a constant and an inspiration to me. There is no differ...

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Vivian Fung, Insects & Machines, Quartets, Jasper String Quartet

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Vivian Fung steps forward thanks to a rewarding new album covering her four string quartets on the recent CD Insects & Machines (Sono ...

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Quinsin Nachoff, Stars and Constellations

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The so-called Third Stream of Jazz and Modern Jazz and Classical music has never really died in our lifetimes, it just has changed names i...

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Arvo Part, Odes of Repentance, Capella Romana, Alexander Lingas

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Estonian master composer Arvo Part is probably the world's most acclaimed choral composer among the living, and that for good reason. ...

Monday, October 16, 2023

Dan Flanagan, The Bow and the Brush, New Music for Solo Violin

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Solo violin music in the Contemporary Classical world has become something like what the solo saxophone offerings became in New Jazz begin...

Julia Werntz, Somebody Who Loves You Throws Me at You

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One way to avoid a strait and simple return to tonality is perhaps at times to carve a path through microtonality, so that if all goes rig...

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Grego Applegate Edwards: Cape May, New Jersey, United States; I am a life-long writer, musician, composer and editor. I wrote for Cadence for many years, a periodical covering jazz and improv music. My combined Blogspot blogs (as listed in the links) now cover well over 3,000 recordings in review. It's been a labor of love. The music is chosen because I like it, for the most part, so you won't find a great deal of nastiness here. I have no affiliations and gain nothing from liking what I do, so that makes me somewhat impartial. I do happen to like a set of certain musics done well, so it's not everything released that gets coverage on these blogs. I went to music and higher education schools and got degrees. It changed my life and gave me the ability to think and write better. I've studied with master musicians, too. The benefits I gained from them are invaluable. I appreciate my readers. You are why I write these reviews. I hope the joy of music enriches your life like it does mine. Thank you. And thank you to all the artists that make it possible.

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