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Argentine-American composer (1934-2019)
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2021-05-26 08:12:10
The spaces in between: José Luis Hurtado's music explores the relationships between complexity and freedom
[…] having a fixed surface but always changing, always presenting a different facet. Yet the work is written down, via a graphical score with written instructions; what Hurtado chooses to write down and what he leaves out is what helps define his music. Hurtado studied piano performance and composition at Conservatorio de las Rosas ( Morelia, Mexico), composition at Universidad Veracruzana ( Xalapa, Mexico ) took a Ph.D. at Harvard University where he studied under Mario Davidovsky, Chaya Czernowin, Magnus Lindberg, Brian Ferneyhough and Helmut Lachenmann. The names of his teachers give some indication of the aural background to Hurtado's work. But he also says in his illuminating booklet essay that he has been experimenting with compositional strategies where the interpreter is an essential part of the creative process, "developing the characteristics of the original proposal and at the same time printing their personal stamp without any inhibition and thus, building […]
2020-07-20 23:00:00
Prophets of the New - Maderna - Lucier - Boulez - Berio - Carter - Crumb - Xenakis
Bruno Maderna 1920-1973 (100 years of his birthday)Prophets of the NewKarlheinz Stockhausen: KontrapunkteKrzysztof Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims of HiroshimaEarle Brown: Availables Forms IHenri Pousseur: Rimes pour differentes sources sonoresFrederic Rzewski pianoRoma Symphony OrchestraRecorded 1967Luciano Berio Sinfonia Allelujah II Nones Concerto for two pianos and orchestra New York Philharmonic London SO BBC SO The Swingle Singers Bruno Canino piano Antonio Ballista piano Luciano Berio Pierre Boulez Recorded 1968 Igor StravinskyLe Sacre du PrintempsClaude DebussyJeuxThe Cleveland OrchestraNew Philñharmonia OrchestraRecorded 1970Bülent Arel: Stereo Electronic Music No. 1 Halim El-Dabh: Leiyla And The Poet Vladimir Ussachevsky: Creation - Prologue Milton Babbitt: Composition For Synthesizer Mario Davidovsky: Electronic Study No. 1 Otto Luening: Gargoyles Milton Babbitt: Ensembles For Synthesizer The Little Chorus Of Macalester College Max Pollikoff violin Recorded 1964 Elliott CarterVariations for OrchestraDouble Concerto for harpischord and pianoPiano ConcertoCharles Rosen pianoPaul Jacobs harpischordJacob Lateiner pianoNew Philharmonia OrchestraEnglish Chamber OrchestraBoston SSymphony OrchestraFrederik PrausnitzErich […]
2020-07-12 00:55:00
"Remembering George Walker" by Da Capo Chamber Players at Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, February 12, 2020 at 8 pm
[…] Fund and generous individuals GEORGE WALKER Tangents (1999; arr. 2020) World Premiere arr. David Sanford MS. SPENCER, MS. GYTHFELDT, MR. MACOMBER, MR. GROSS, MR. OLDFATHER World Premiere of transcription for the Da Capo Chamber Players WENDELL LOGAN Runagate, Runagate (1989) (1940-2010) MR. MACK, MS. SPENCER, MS. GYTHFELDT, MR. MACOMBER, MR. GROSS, MR. OLDFATHER, MR. LIPSEY, MR. PARRIS Next concert in this series at Merkin Hall Juxtapositions Featuring works by Elliott Carter, Mario Davidovsky, Robert Martin and younger composers Amy Williams, Lei Liang, and others. June 3, 2020 at 8 PM The program Remembering George Walker has received special support from the Composers Guild of New Jersey and the Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music.
2020-01-09 22:09:00
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival is this weekend, and the programming looks great (yeah, I'm leaving their retro fonts in place):Friday, January 10, 8:30pmSaturday, January 11, 7:00pmSaturday, January 11, 9:30pmSunday, January 12, 7:00pm P R O G R A M Friday January 10, 2020 (8:30pm)PIERRE SCHAEFFER - Étude aux casseroles [Pathétique] (1948)PAULINE OLIVEROS - Poem of Change (1992)BARRY TRUAX - The Garden of Sonic Delights (2016)ROBERT NORMANDEAU - Tunnel azur (2016)MAGGI PAYNE - Heat Shield (2018)BRAN(...)POS - martian brine pool (2019)CLIFF CARUTHERS - Cupido's Suitcase (2009)MATTHEW BARNARD - Woche (with apologies to Ruttmann and Brock) (2011)SANGWON LEE - Torturing Piano (2019):such: - Opaque Fragments (2017) Saturday January 11, 2020 (7:00pm)KEN NORDINE - Tick Tock Fugue (2011)FRANCIS DHOMONT - Here and There (2003)NATASHA BARRETT - Urban Melt in Park Palais Meran (2017)THOM BLUM - To My Son Parker, Asleep in the Next Room (1996)DOUGLAS MCCAUSLAND - ISOLATE (2019)KRISTIN MILTNER - Mercey (2020)CECILIA CASTRO - ROMA III: The Ruin (2018)MICHELLE MOELLER - Spoke (2019)FELIPE OTONDO - Irama (2012)LEAH REID - Sk(etch) (2018)DANIELLE SAVAGE - Schizo Phonia (2018)FULYA UÇANOK - Assembly (2017) Saturday January 11, 2020 (9:30pm)TORU TAKEMITSU - Vocalism Ai (1956)KENNETH ATCHLEY - bay sky hills fog […]
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