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
Two Recent Requiems
Requiem for Larissa doesn’t really conclude. It recycles, gently rummaging through Silvestrov’s portmanteau of Romantic gestures and remembrances.
Two Recent Requiems
Requiem for Larissa doesn’t really conclude. It recycles, gently rummaging through Silvestrov’s portmanteau of Romantic gestures and remembrances.
A Bowl of Naxos
This may very well be the best recording of Schoenberg’s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra.
A Bowl of Naxos
This may very well be the best recording of Schoenberg’s Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra.
Remembering Arthur Berger
Composer, critic and teacher, Arthur Berger passed away on October 7, 2003 at 92.
Remembering Arthur Berger
Composer, critic and teacher, Arthur Berger passed away on October 7, 2003 at 92.
Dipping into the “EA” Bucket 2.
But this is choral music! Nevertheless, these four works reflect an electronic-music sensibility, and several require click tracks and tuners via headphones for their realization.
Dipping into the “EA” Bucket 2.
But this is choral music! Nevertheless, these four works reflect an electronic-music sensibility, and several require click tracks and tuners via headphones for their realization.
Piano Quintets from Varied Lands
In his piano quintet, Swiss composer / trombonist Dahinden echoes Richard Long’s sculptural stone arrangements.
Piano Quintets from Varied Lands
In his piano quintet, Swiss composer / trombonist Dahinden echoes Richard Long’s sculptural stone arrangements.
Italian Vacation 2.
Chandos delivers a stellar, single-disc introduction to Dallapiccola, Italy’s first confident serialist.
Italian Vacation 2.
Chandos delivers a stellar, single-disc introduction to Dallapiccola, Italy’s first confident serialist.
The Forgotten, the Unfamiliar and the Unknowable
Sterling, a champion of the forgotten and unfamiliar, remains on target with these two releases.
The Forgotten, the Unfamiliar and the Unknowable
Sterling, a champion of the forgotten and unfamiliar, remains on target with these two releases.
A Naif Sees Handel’s Rodelinda at the Met
A happy survivor, I’m delighted to report that Rodelinda ranks among the best Met productions I’ve seen, a sublime meld of singing, staging and drama.
A Naif Sees Handel’s Rodelinda at the Met
A happy survivor, I’m delighted to report that Rodelinda ranks among the best Met productions I’ve seen, a sublime meld of singing, staging and drama.
End-of-the-Year Ramble
This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.
End-of-the-Year Ramble
This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.
Elliott Carter on the Big Screen
Elliott Carter passed through these parts when, last month, the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the composer’s Micromicón and Symphonia.
Elliott Carter on the Big Screen
Elliott Carter passed through these parts when, last month, the Boston Symphony Orchestra performed the composer’s Micromicón and Symphonia.
Wittgenstein’s Music, Music’s Wittgenstein, and Josef Labor
Commenting upon Wittgenstein’s indifference, observers have wondered why the famously arrogant thinker who attempted to infuse philosophy with logic didn’t find Schoenberg’s 12-tone system attractive.
Wittgenstein’s Music, Music’s Wittgenstein, and Josef Labor
Commenting upon Wittgenstein’s indifference, observers have wondered why the famously arrogant thinker who attempted to infuse philosophy with logic didn’t find Schoenberg’s 12-tone system attractive.
Transcendentalist Studies: Aimard, Hamelin, Mayer, Mead Tackle Ives’ Concord Sonata
From the year of its publication, the sonata has infuriated as much as it intrigues. Many have attacked the music’s impracticality and presumptuousness. It is, in fact, a monster on the page.
Transcendentalist Studies: Aimard, Hamelin, Mayer, Mead Tackle Ives’ Concord Sonata
From the year of its publication, the sonata has infuriated as much as it intrigues. Many have attacked the music’s impracticality and presumptuousness. It is, in fact, a monster on the page.