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2014-05-11 12:31:44
Opus II: Brand New Music at the Phoenix Art Museum
This article appeared in Downtown Phoenix Journal . ASU SCI composers: (L to R) Chris Lamb, Lisa Atkinson, Adam Giese, Elliot Sneider, Gil Dori, C. Sipho Mabingani, Bethany Brown, Phi Bui, Joshua Jandreau; not pictured: Justin Kennedy and Garrett Miller (Nicole Marino Photography) It’s hard to imagine how exciting it must have been to attend the 1913 of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, which ended in a riot because of the disturbing rhythms and incendiary musical patterns. Even Beethoven – now considered a staid staple of classical music – was once regarded as somewhat revolutionary in his harmonies. A concert titled Opus II features premiere performances of works by members of the Arizona State University Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) in the informal, inviting setting of Phoenix Art Museum , offering the chance to perhaps hear from a modern-day Stravinsky or Beethoven. Click for […]
2014-03-24 15:56:06
Music with umbrellas
When it’s summer in Vivaldi, is it winter in Piazzolla? The Venetian composer Antonio Vivaldi wrote perhaps the most popular classical music ever with his “Four Seasons,” describing the progression of the year in his home country. A popular website lists over 200 recordings. Argentine tango-master Astor Piazzolla responded with his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, a Southern Hemisphere version, at antipodes with the Mediterranean. And when Philip Glass wrote his second violin concerto, he called it his “American Four Seasons.” And Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu has his own Seasons, subtitled “Red and blue graphic score for live improvised percussion with tape.” Everyone and everywhere seems to have its own “Seasons.” But it is astonishing just how much classical music is inspired by not only seasons, but climate and weather. There are grand oratorios, such as Haydn’s The Seasons, that take on all four quarters of the year, and […]
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