Michael Torke News
American composer
- opera, symphonic music, concerto, minimalist music, post-minimalism
- United States of America
- classical composer
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2024-04-22
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2024-03-28 18:31:45
The first single from Unseen, the newest work by American composer, Michael Torke, was released earlier this month. (The full album will be available on May 10). The excerpt, No. 7 from a piece which unfolds in nine brief movements, delivers a visceral and ecstatic sense of groove. Scored for a larger ensemble, Unseen continues in the direction of Torke’s recent chamber albums, Being (2020), Psalms and Canticles (2021), and Time (2022). The composer writes, Unifying these four projects is the use of syncopated rhythms caused by the […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2022-08-26 06:00:04
New Release: Michael Torke’s “Time”
In architecture, our perception of space is influenced by repeating elements which provide a sense of structure, form, and scale. A particularly sensuous example can be found in the crisp geometric lines which form the bronze curtain wall of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s 1958 Seagram Building in New York. While architecture occupies the spacial realm, music unfolds through time. Time is the title of the newest composition by American composer, Michael Torke (b. 1961). ...
2022-03-27 11:30:51
Michael Torke: Javelin Context Michael Torke’s (1961-) 1994 work Javelin came after a commission from the Atlanta Committee for the Olympics. They were about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Torke took on the challenge and the work received its premiere on 8th September, 1994 by […] The post appeared first on Classicalexburns.
2021-09-20 23:12:55
Chicago Sinfonietta: We're back at Symphony Center TONIGHT! The evening closes with American composer William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony
William Levi Dawson (1899-1990) Chicago Sinfonietta Chicago Sinfonietta September 20, 2021 It's been too long. We are so excited to be BACK at Symphony Center tonight, Monday September 20th. NEW FOLK starts at 7:30pm, and here's what to expect: Chicago Sinfonietta’s 34th season opens with a concert that will remind you why there is no substitution for live music. The rhythmic spontaneity and seductive expression of Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 opens the concert, followed by violinist Tessa Lark’s compelling energy in Michael Torke’s SKY, a fusion inspired by Irish reel and American bluegrass. The evening closes with American composer William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, a Chicago Sinfonietta signature piece full of emotion and cinematic drama. It's an amazing concert, and we highly suggest you bring a friend! Get $5 tickets using code PWYC5FOLK at checkout! And don't forget […]
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