Between the (Y)ears
From March 19th–22nd the biennial London Ear Festival of Contemporary Music is holding a small series of events to keep the spirit of the festival going in its fallow year (the next full festival…
February CD Roundup
There are three new albums on Naxos worth exploring this month: wind band music by Salvador Brotons that includes his Symphony No. 6 and Symphonic Movement No. 7; Patric Standford’s Symphony No. 1…
Pierre Boulez , Franse dirigent.*28 februari 1968
Boulez as Conductor: a short guide to his recordings
If some of Boulez’s pronouncements have given the impression of narrow-mindedness in accepting the music of others, his work as a conductor suggests rather the reverse. Celebrating this part of his career,…
Boulez at Ninety: a Personal Perspective
On March 26th Boulez will turn ninety. Even at this grand old age he hasn’t entirely cast off the image of enfant terrible, the man responsible for some of the most…
The Silk Road Ensemble performs at the Mondavi Center at the University of California, Davis on April 8, 2011. (Photo by Max Whittaker)
February Premières
UK premières begin next month with a new work by Ben Comeau, winner of the Cambridge University Composers’ Workshop, which will be playedby the Britten Sinfonia at Wigmore Hall on 4th.…
Biomusic in Plymouth
The Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival (27th February–1st March) celebrates its 10th anniversary at the end of February. The theme this year, is ‘Biomusic’. Professor Eduardo Miranda, Professor in Computer Music at…
January CD Roundup
Also on Wergo (see my previous post) is Japanese composer Keiko Harada’s recent disk, F-fragmentsfeaturing solo piano, accordion and duet of the same. F-Fragments, the work that lends the disk its name…
Adriana Hölszky: Works for Organ
Adriana Hölszky: Wie ein gläsernes Meer, mit Feuer gemischt. Works for Organ. Wergo WER 67892. There are some fine recent disks on the German label Wergo. If you are not familiar…
Preview of 2015: Boulez at 90, CONTACT!, premières and festivals.
I don’t know about you, but I’m always relieved when the Christmas season comes to an end. The Christmas tree, such an attractive sight at the beginning of December, is,…
A Contemporary Music Christmas Carol
A morality tale with apologies to Mahler and Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas to all CT members! MAHLER'S GHOST Mahler was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever…
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