Articles by Year: La Folia, 2012.
Evolve or Perish
Classical music, if its foes are to be believed, should have been buried already.
Evolve or Perish
Classical music, if its foes are to be believed, should have been buried already.
Mostly Symphonies 20.
Exuberant performances propel charming, uncomplicated music. Look beyond the Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture and hear why later compatriots heralded Glinka as Russian music’s father.
Mostly Symphonies 20.
Exuberant performances propel charming, uncomplicated music. Look beyond the Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture and hear why later compatriots heralded Glinka as Russian music’s father.
String Theory 9: 30 Quartets, etc.
As we’d expect from a seasoned musician, Ramsay’s quartets reveal a deep understanding of and admiration for the genre’s giants.
String Theory 9: 30 Quartets, etc.
As we’d expect from a seasoned musician, Ramsay’s quartets reveal a deep understanding of and admiration for the genre’s giants.
Piano Factory 9.
Shepherding the work’s first if not best-documented performance, Cage took Satie’s ludicrous directions seriously and stabled a team of pianists to crank out Vexations’ 840 required repetitions.
Piano Factory 9.
Shepherding the work’s first if not best-documented performance, Cage took Satie’s ludicrous directions seriously and stabled a team of pianists to crank out Vexations’ 840 required repetitions.
String Theory 8 / EA Bucket 14: 29 Quartets, etc.
Prokofiev’s awkward First provides fodder for insipid remixes.
String Theory 8 / EA Bucket 14: 29 Quartets, etc.
Prokofiev’s awkward First provides fodder for insipid remixes.
String Theory 7: 32 Quartets, etc.
Naxos’ third installment of Coates’ quartets delivers what appears to be her most recent quartet.
String Theory 7: 32 Quartets, etc.
Naxos’ third installment of Coates’ quartets delivers what appears to be her most recent quartet.
Piano Factory 8. (D. 840)
In 1825 Schubert abandoned a C major piano sonata. After Schubert died in 1828 his brother Ferdinand gave the manuscript to Schumann who then passed it to first publisher K.F. Whistling. Whistling presumed the sonata was left incomplete because of the composer’s death and erroneously gave it the nickname “Reliquie” (Relic).
Piano Factory 8. (D. 840)
In 1825 Schubert abandoned a C major piano sonata. After Schubert died in 1828 his brother Ferdinand gave the manuscript to Schumann who then passed it to first publisher K.F. Whistling. Whistling presumed the sonata was left incomplete because of the composer’s death and erroneously gave it the nickname “Reliquie” (Relic).
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.
Lachenmann / Nono / Schoenberg
The brilliant young group counter)induction performed a concert of Lachenmann, Nono and Schoenberg at the Italian Academy at Columbia University last night (March 4).
Lachenmann / Nono / Schoenberg
The brilliant young group counter)induction performed a concert of Lachenmann, Nono and Schoenberg at the Italian Academy at Columbia University last night (March 4).
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.