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2022-01-29 00:28:53
[…] website: Triad: Boston's Choral Collective (triadchoir.org) 9 April - Conductor David Tedford will conduct the second performance of my Introduction and Allegro for string orchestra with the Bloomsburg University Community Orchestra in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. This will be the first performance of this composition on this side of the country, as the world premiere took place in February of 2017 with Warren Cohen conducting the Musica Nova Orchestra in Osborn, Arizona. 21 to 30 May - I will be on the composition faculty in Alba, Italy, as part of this year's contemporary music festival in that fabled city, and a new work for saxophone quartet will be premiered by The Estrella Consort, the resident ensemble for this series. Please note that if the pandemic continues to persist, the dates […]
2018-01-21 08:45:00
The Elliott Carter effect
Thankfully not everyone is purring in their self-reverential reality tunnel. Later this year the premiere of John Cage's Scottish Circus is being replicated in the hall where it was first performed in September 1990. The replicated premiere is in the Concert Hall at the University of Glasgow on June 1st. Scottish Circus was commissioned by composer and activist Eddie McGuire for his group The Whistlebinkies who will perform it in this year's concert alongside student musicians. The Whistlebinkies have also recorded Scottish Circus together with 4'33'' for new music advocates Mode Records of New York for future release. Scottish Circus was premiered during the 1990 Musica Nova Festival in Glasgow with John Cage in attendance. The Festival was a celebration of contemporary music presented by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO) under the direction of the visionary and underrated Sir Alexander Gibson. At the time the legendary recording producer turned orchestra […]
Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2016-01-02 22:45:37
Brazil mourns leading composer
Gilberto Mendes passed away on January 1 morning in Santos at the age of 93. A pioneer of Bossa Nova, he founded the Musica Nova Festival. As a young man he studied in Darmstadt with Boulez and Stockhausen.
2015-12-06 08:00:00
Music from the renaissance
[…] 202238Recorded August 2011Courtesy of Marvinius Martinius If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here[Flacs & scans]Download Philippe Rogier (1561-1596) Polychoral Works Ensemble Magnificat Philip Cave - direction His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts Label: Linn CKD 348 Recorded June 2009 Courtesy of Marvinius Martinius If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here [Flacs & scans] Download Adrian Willaert (1490-1562)Musica Nova - The Motets Ensemble Singer PurLabel Oehms OC835 (3CD)Recorded May, June & July 2011 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here[Flacs & scans]Download Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)Missa L'homme armé5 Motets The Hilliard EnsemblePaul Hillier - directionLabel: EMI CDC 7 47628 2Recorded November 1986 If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here[Flacs & scans]Download
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