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2023-08-13 20:00:15
In between the four operas of the “Ring,” a critic traveled to take in world premieres by Jennifer Walshe and Anthony Braxton.
2022-11-23 16:00:09
A Schumann cycle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, works by Tyondai Braxton and Schubert sonatas by the pianist Paul Lewis are among the highlights.
2021-12-04 07:23:00
Classical Music News of the Week, December 4, 2021
[…] journey that explores the impact on today’s young people of this time of global turmoil and transformation. A trailer about the exhibition can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbYozLF08So&t=6s--Laura Gigounas, Glodow Nead CommunicationsInternational Contemporary Ensemble and Wet Ink EnsembleOn Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 7:00pm, the International Contemporary Ensemble combines with the Wet Ink Ensemble at Target Margin Theater to present new works on themes of text, language, and syntax by Rebecka Ahvenniemi, Linda Catlin Smith, Anthony Braxton, and Eric Wubbels. Performers include Lesley Mok, Cory Smythe, Eric Wubbels, Dan Lippel, Mariel Roberts, Josh Modney, and Alice Teyssier. A livestream is available on the day of the performance at https://www.iceorg.org/The event begins with a lecture by Rebecka Ahvenniemi about Pippi Longstocking, titled “Who Would Pippi Be as a Composer?” followed by a performance of her Sonata in Pippi Form (2020) for violin and piano. The program also features Linda Catlin Smith’s Dreamer […]
2021-11-20 09:45:06
From jazz and groove to classical: I chat to composer and improvising trombonist Alex Paxton about his three recent works nominated for this years Ivors Composer Awards
[…] bandleader Charles Mingus (1922-1976). In fact, Alex is currently working on a new album which will be jazz-ish groove music for trio. Corncrack Dreams is his first work in this vein, it is also a piece that he began by exploring writing bits of notation for himself to play, to explore something wholly part of his trombone technique (which is that of a jazz trombonist). Other influences on Corncrack Dreams are the American composers Anthony Braxton and George Lewis from the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musician). George Lewis recently re-released an album last year, Rainbow Family on Carrier Records, which was originally created in the 1980s at IRCAM in Paris. Both composers have a big presence in Corncrack Dreams. The work started improvisations created in lockdown with a drummer, which were multi-tracked and then Alex chopped them up. Corncrack Dreams was commissioned by the Nevis Ensemble, part […]
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