Are We There Sharon Van Etten Jagjaguwar, 2014 Sharon Van Etten’s latest solo album retains elements of her previous work: the immediacy of her lyrics and her songs’ beautiful musical atmospheres. As on Tramp, one continues to hear Van Etten’s vocal range expand – by now able to encompass keening soprano lines as wellContinue reading “Sharon Van Etten – “Are We There””
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Motet performed tonight at Grace Church in Newark
My “Ascendit Deus” setting will be performed as part of a service celebrating the Feast of the Ascension tonight at 6:30 PM at Grace Church in Newark.
Man Forever + So Percussion
Man Forever with So Percussion Ryonen Thrill Jockey New classical collective So Percussion joined forces with Oneida’ drummer Kid Millions, recording as his Man Forever project, for Ryonen, a release on the indie imprint Thrill Jockey. Two long form pieces combine Millions’s experimental rock drumming with the post-minimal inspired playing of So Percussion to create a swinging, polyrhythm-infusedContinue reading “Man Forever + So Percussion”
5/29 – Locrian Chamber Players Concert
Locrian Chamber Players concert will give a concert next Thursday (May 29) at 8PM in Riverside Church, 10th floor performance space. The concert is free. . The program: George Crumb–“Sun and Shadow,” for mezzo-soprano and amplified piano Harrison Birtwistle–“Lied,” for cello and piano Nils Vigeland–“Capriccio,” for flute, glockenspiel, cello and harpsichord (world premiere) Justin Merritt–“AContinue reading “5/29 – Locrian Chamber Players Concert”
Cuckson and McMillen play Carter and More
Carter – Sessions – Eckardt Miranda Cuckson, violin; Blair McMillen, piano Urlicht Audiovisual CD Violinist Miranda Cuckson and pianist Blair McMillen have already proven themselves an estimable duo for works by American Modernists such as Shapey and Martino. Their latest outing features Elliott Carter’s Duo for Violin and Piano (1973), a formidable piece writtenContinue reading “Cuckson and McMillen play Carter and More”
Sun Ra, 1969
Monk’s Piano Songs
Meredith Monk Piano Songs Ursula Oppens, Bruce Brubaker, pianists ECM New Series CD 2374 Meredith Monk is best known for her vocal works. However, she has been writing for the piano since early on in her studies and has mature works in her catalog that date back to the 1970s. Starting in theContinue reading “Monk’s Piano Songs”
A Jazz Rite that Sounds Right
The New Classical (Musical America) – A Jazz Rite that Sounds Right.
String quartets for guitars
Philip Glass String Quartets 2-5 Dublin Guitar Quartet Orange Mountain Music The translation of a string quartet into a guitar quartet might initially sound like a dubious prospect. After all, guitar, for all its many virtues, cannot match the sustain of bowed stringed instruments. That said, what the Dublin Guitar Quartet has done inContinue reading “String quartets for guitars”
Saturday: loadbang in NYC
League/ISCM presents: loadbang “Alphabetical Ashbery” Saturday, May 10, 2014, 7:30 PMDiMenna Center for Classical Music – Mary Flagler Cary Hall Charles Wuorinen – Alphabetical Ashbery (NYC Premiere) Rob Deemer – New Work (World Premiere) Ryan Francis – New Work (World Premiere) Alexandre Lunsqui – Guttural I, II, and III (2010) Christian Carey – Prayer (2011) Evan Johnson – my pouert and goyngContinue reading “Saturday: loadbang in NYC”
Christian B. Carey 