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Stillpoint (CD Review)
by Karl NehringJessie Montgomery: Rounds; Paolo Prestini: Code; Alvin Singleton: Time Past, Time Future; Pēteris Vasks: Castillo Interior; Tyshawn Sorey: Untitled Composition for Piano and Eight Voices; Judd Greenstein: Still Point. Awadagin Pratt, piano; Roomful of Teeth, voices; A Far Cry, strings. New Amsterdam NWAM177-CD Way back in 1994 I reviewed a solo piano recording titled A Long Way from Normal by a young African-American pianist by the name of Awadagin Pratt. Born in Pittsburgh, Pratt began studying piano at the age of six. By age nine, having moved to Normal, Illinois thus the title of his first album) with his family, he also began studying violin. At age 16 he entered the University of Illinois where he studied piano, violin, and conducting. He subsequently enrolled at the Peabody Conservatory of Music where he became the first student in the school’s history to receive diplomas in three performance areas – piano, violin and conducting. In 1992 he won the Naumburg […]
2021-12-26 05:43:00
I was not planning to comment on a matter of note over at the NY Times, which is that Anthony Tommasini is stepping down as chief classical music critic and also retiring from the paper at the end of this year. I've said plenty about him and his opinions over the years, and I've just tagged every post that mentions him with "Tommasini." Just click that for more than you might want to read of my opinions of his opinions. However, an interview at NPR and what I take to be his valedictory column at the Times really do need some kind of public comment. On Twitter, composer Judd Greenstein had a few things to say about the Times column, and I agree with everything he says. A number of other folks chimed in and by and large I agree with them. I will further note that I find Tommasini's uncritical […]
2021-09-18 05:19:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 18, 2021
[…] Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens; September 26 at The Skirball Cultural Center.Shows at 7:30 p.m.; mingling & nosh at 6:30 p.m.http://www.muse-ique.com/showinfo.php?id=430Salastina Kicks Off its 2021-22 Season on Friday, September 24,at 8 p.m., The Bowers Museum Courtyard; Saturday, September 25, at 8 p.m., Fowler Museum Courtyard, UCLA; Sunday, September 26, at 8 p.m., USC Pacific Asia Museum Courtyard. Featuring works by previous favorite Happy Hour guest composers Michi and Paul Wiancko, Kenji Bunch, and Judd Greenstein; Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht opens the program.https://www.salastina.org/save-these-datesAmerican Youth Symphony’s Opening Night Concert, Saturday, September 25, at 7 p.m., UCLA's Royce Hall, featuring Carlos Izcaray’s Geometric Unity, Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.Pay what you can. Tickets available now.https://www.aysymphony.org/2021-22-season/Invitation: Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Welcome Back Concert for L.A.Saturday, September 25, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, September 26, at 7 p.m; featuring works by L.A.-based composers Nilo Alcala and Shawn Kirchner, “Together at Last” from Swan […]
2021-09-18 05:19:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 18, 2021
[…] Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens; September 26 at The Skirball Cultural Center.Shows at 7:30 p.m.; mingling & nosh at 6:30 p.m.http://www.muse-ique.com/showinfo.php?id=430Salastina Kicks Off its 2021-22 Season on Friday, September 24,at 8 p.m., The Bowers Museum Courtyard; Saturday, September 25, at 8 p.m., Fowler Museum Courtyard, UCLA; Sunday, September 26, at 8 p.m., USC Pacific Asia Museum Courtyard. Featuring works by previous favorite Happy Hour guest composers Michi and Paul Wiancko, Kenji Bunch, and Judd Greenstein; Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht opens the program.https://www.salastina.org/save-these-datesAmerican Youth Symphony’s Opening Night Concert, Saturday, September 25, at 7 p.m., UCLA's Royce Hall, featuring Carlos Izcaray’s Geometric Unity, Alberto Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.Pay what you can. Tickets available now.https://www.aysymphony.org/2021-22-season/Invitation: Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Welcome Back Concert for L.A.Saturday, September 25, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, September 26, at 7 p.m; featuring works by L.A.-based composers Nilo Alcala and Shawn Kirchner, “Together at Last” from Swan […]
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