Managing Editor Grant Chu Covell works in the Boston area. He once worked for a global technology company that made hardware which Xenakis and Babbitt used to good effect. He was the publisher of the brilliant but forgotten The Periodic Journal of Bibliography (1990-95), and his music reviews have appeared in EAR Magazine and InMusic. His instrumental and electroacoustic music has been performed in the U.S. and abroad, and he has shared many CDs of his music with family and friends (one piece was recorded in a refrigerator). A short article about a composition he wrote for piano and tape can be found in the Csound Magazine. Two electroacoustic works have appeared in commercial compilations: Presence III and The Door Project. A recent CD can be found here, and another is in preparation. A long departed family dog’s name was taken from a character in Wagner’s Ring.
Grant Chu Covell
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
Silvestrov in 2022 / Mostly Symphonies 42.
The thing is, we take Silvestrov’s nostalgic, weepy pieces differently now that he is an exile in Germany. I encourage a closer look at Symphony No. 5 from 1980-82.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
A Ramble, Fairly Eclectic, with Turntables
Still Point was a reaction to surviving WWII in London.
String Theory 39.
Exceptionally fine performances of the Price quartets and quintets set a high bar for others to follow.
String Theory 39.
Exceptionally fine performances of the Price quartets and quintets set a high bar for others to follow.
An Appreciation of Recent Pesson: “Graceless Anticipations”
Other composers make do with note values and pitches, whereas Pesson immediately alights upon connotations and an expressive plateau.
An Appreciation of Recent Pesson: “Graceless Anticipations”
Other composers make do with note values and pitches, whereas Pesson immediately alights upon connotations and an expressive plateau.
EA Bucket 33.
Except for the Parmegiani, most of these ea works were created in 2000 or afterwards.
EA Bucket 33.
Except for the Parmegiani, most of these ea works were created in 2000 or afterwards.
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 6.
It would seem Nono continued to be frustrated with the world, and that he implores us to do better, and, crucially, to listen better and to participate better.
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 6.
It would seem Nono continued to be frustrated with the world, and that he implores us to do better, and, crucially, to listen better and to participate better.
String Theory 38: Nineteen String Quartets
Two quartets deliver a seven-installment series by Kalabis.
String Theory 38: Nineteen String Quartets
Two quartets deliver a seven-installment series by Kalabis.
Piano Factory 31. / (Dis)Arrangements 15.
Bach’s lines continue to soar enhanced with Febel’s chiaroscuro and highlights. Just as there will be those who will be horrified at Febel’s invention, there will be those who may never wish it to end.
Piano Factory 31. / (Dis)Arrangements 15.
Bach’s lines continue to soar enhanced with Febel’s chiaroscuro and highlights. Just as there will be those who will be horrified at Febel’s invention, there will be those who may never wish it to end.
Pièces de Clavecin 14. / Italian Vacation 16.
Frammenti del discorso amoroso is especially, practically perfectly, rich with fluid tempos and expression.
Pièces de Clavecin 14. / Italian Vacation 16.
Frammenti del discorso amoroso is especially, practically perfectly, rich with fluid tempos and expression.
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 5.
This big-little piece asks for a contralto, flute (piccolo and bass flute), tuba, and a percussion sextet playing Sardinian bells, crotales and bongos, but also some complicated live electronic processing.
Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 5.
This big-little piece asks for a contralto, flute (piccolo and bass flute), tuba, and a percussion sextet playing Sardinian bells, crotales and bongos, but also some complicated live electronic processing.
Ramble, with Skeletons
An algorithm plays samples from eight analog synthesizers, the skeletons in Applebaum’s closet
Ramble, with Skeletons
An algorithm plays samples from eight analog synthesizers, the skeletons in Applebaum’s closet
Mostly Symphonies 41. / (Dis)Arrangements 14: Beethoven X
It’s arrogant to have gone straight for Beethoven’s Tenth.
Mostly Symphonies 41. / (Dis)Arrangements 14: Beethoven X
It’s arrogant to have gone straight for Beethoven’s Tenth.