Articles tagged 'Czernowin'

A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)

While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.

A Listener’s Predicament (Also, A Concert Review)

While I do admire the impossible purity provided by engineered recordings, live events really are more satisfying for the combination of serendipity and determinism.

Of Infertile Soil

This essay is my reply to the various people over the years who have asked me to write about American composers and American music.

Of Infertile Soil

This essay is my reply to the various people over the years who have asked me to write about American composers and American music.

Armchair Operas 2.

With broad, sweeping strokes, Alessandrini brushes away years of dust and speculation.

Armchair Operas 2.

With broad, sweeping strokes, Alessandrini brushes away years of dust and speculation.

End-of-the-Year Ramble

This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.

End-of-the-Year Ramble

This is an exciting discovery. In terms of significance, Gérard Pesson’s opera Forever Valley belongs with Sciarrino’s Luci mie traditrici and Lachenmann’s Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern.

Heavy Rotation in 2003: Czernowin, Formenti, Guerrero, Harada, Harrison, Serkin, Pollini

Possibly, a more truthful title: “Best of 2003 Based on an Arbitrary and Random Selection Assembled by Someone with Predictable Tastes.”

Heavy Rotation in 2003: Czernowin, Formenti, Guerrero, Harada, Harrison, Serkin, Pollini

Possibly, a more truthful title: “Best of 2003 Based on an Arbitrary and Random Selection Assembled by Someone with Predictable Tastes.”

Mulieres Triumphantes

Mode features two outstanding women composers.

Mulieres Triumphantes

Mode features two outstanding women composers.

Chaya Czernowin

The succinct (9:36) nonet’s title, Afatsim, translates to Galls, i.e., tissue swellings “often distinguished by a characteristic shape or color” brought about, usually, by parasites.

Chaya Czernowin

The succinct (9:36) nonet’s title, Afatsim, translates to Galls, i.e., tissue swellings “often distinguished by a characteristic shape or color” brought about, usually, by parasites.