Articles by Year: La Folia, 2015.
String Theory 12: Violin (with Piano, Mostly)
Fokkens declares a natural and mature style through efficient notes and rhythm.
String Theory 12: Violin (with Piano, Mostly)
Fokkens declares a natural and mature style through efficient notes and rhythm.
Eight Beacons
My enthusiasm for the new in music has faded in recent years… I therefore take this opportunity to give some attention to eight composers 40 and under.
Eight Beacons
My enthusiasm for the new in music has faded in recent years… I therefore take this opportunity to give some attention to eight composers 40 and under.
More Rebuses
A fresh set of rebuses constructed with far more liberties in phonetics and orthography, including somewhat cryptic constructions.
More Rebuses
A fresh set of rebuses constructed with far more liberties in phonetics and orthography, including somewhat cryptic constructions.
Used Bin Troll Tweets N.
Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.
Used Bin Troll Tweets N.
Powerful, unpredictable but engaging melodic contours tell forgotten stories, like reshuffled Copland pages molded into Sibelian peaks.
Percussion on mode
Huang (re)introduces a particular genre of percussion music, works written for Trio Le Cercle. These films use close-ups, overlays and subtitles, so that the DVD experience is far richer than a live one.
Percussion on mode
Huang (re)introduces a particular genre of percussion music, works written for Trio Le Cercle. These films use close-ups, overlays and subtitles, so that the DVD experience is far richer than a live one.
Musica geriatrica
I call out these orchestras for their ineptitude. I call them out for pandering, for being complacent and for providing a disservice rather than enrichment to the cultural life of their respective cities.
Musica geriatrica
I call out these orchestras for their ineptitude. I call them out for pandering, for being complacent and for providing a disservice rather than enrichment to the cultural life of their respective cities.
Passion Texts
Aperghis treats us to nearly an hour of urgent, exhilarating nonsense.
Composer haunts in Stuttgart, Berlin, Prague
A recent trip allowed for some exploring in Stuttgart, Berlin and Prague.
Composer haunts in Stuttgart, Berlin, Prague
A recent trip allowed for some exploring in Stuttgart, Berlin and Prague.
Used Bin Troll Tweets M.
This wobbly No. 2 wouldn’t make any top-10 Mahler list, but the Twilight Zone composer’s Varèsian vignettes demand far more attention.
Used Bin Troll Tweets M.
This wobbly No. 2 wouldn’t make any top-10 Mahler list, but the Twilight Zone composer’s Varèsian vignettes demand far more attention.
Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Piano Factory 15: Micro and Macro
Here are nine renditions of ten Holt’s most famous opus. Built from multi-measure cells which can be repeated ad lib, this may be the longest work constructed on an unbroken stream of quintuplets. It is also a potent dose of B-flat minor.
Disagreeable Remarks
Bore me and I’ll soon dream of ways to safely dismantle the stage.
Disagreeable Remarks
Bore me and I’ll soon dream of ways to safely dismantle the stage.
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Universal has been issuing handsomely boxed, abundantly annotated bargain priced bricks… Decca’s The Mono Years / 1944 – 1956, the latest arrival, is, for me, the most evocative.
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Universal has been issuing handsomely boxed, abundantly annotated bargain priced bricks… Decca’s The Mono Years / 1944 – 1956, the latest arrival, is, for me, the most evocative.