Articles tagged 'Glass'
Another July Ramble
Ligeti’s precisely notated miniatures, sometimes minimal, sometimes Webernian, become anchors for discoveries.
Another July Ramble
Ligeti’s precisely notated miniatures, sometimes minimal, sometimes Webernian, become anchors for discoveries.
Piano Factory 27.
Van Raat wraps unfamiliar French piano music around a Boulez premiere.
Piano Factory 27.
Van Raat wraps unfamiliar French piano music around a Boulez premiere.
Used Bin Troll Tweets TT.
Historic radio broadcast from February 17, 1962, in memoriam Bruno Walter.
Used Bin Troll Tweets TT.
Historic radio broadcast from February 17, 1962, in memoriam Bruno Walter.
Of Infertile Soil
This essay is my reply to the various people over the years who have asked me to write about American composers and American music.
Of Infertile Soil
This essay is my reply to the various people over the years who have asked me to write about American composers and American music.
String Theory 27: Quartet Focus
These are premiere recordings of works which fell through the 20th century’s cracks.
String Theory 27: Quartet Focus
These are premiere recordings of works which fell through the 20th century’s cracks.
Piano Factory 19.
Folks expecting a metronome or brash chords will be surprised with Levingston’s limpid Glass recital.
Piano Factory 19.
Folks expecting a metronome or brash chords will be surprised with Levingston’s limpid Glass recital.
Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Piano Factory 11.
Finnissy’s huge and nigh impenetrable opus suggests that music may comment only upon itself.
Piano Factory 11.
Finnissy’s huge and nigh impenetrable opus suggests that music may comment only upon itself.
Used Bin Troll Tweets A.
Sparked in part by Record Store Day… Here are notes from recent field trips…
Used Bin Troll Tweets A.
Sparked in part by Record Store Day… Here are notes from recent field trips…
String Theory 6: 27 Quartets, etc.
An enormous stack of string quartet releases beckons. I’ll try for concision rather than rumination in this first of several posts.
String Theory 6: 27 Quartets, etc.
An enormous stack of string quartet releases beckons. I’ll try for concision rather than rumination in this first of several posts.
History Lessons: Nixon and Gandhi visit the MET
Suppose you’re writing an opera and want it to run at the Metropolitan Opera. For best results, make it minimal with a political subject.
History Lessons: Nixon and Gandhi visit the MET
Suppose you’re writing an opera and want it to run at the Metropolitan Opera. For best results, make it minimal with a political subject.
Piano Factory 6.
Played in keeping with the epoch, Casals renders Blasco de Nebra’s unexpected dissonance and striking rhythms as the more exciting.
Piano Factory 6.
Played in keeping with the epoch, Casals renders Blasco de Nebra’s unexpected dissonance and striking rhythms as the more exciting.