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Explaining text with music – interview with David Lang
© Peter Serling “It’s not really about climate change. It’s about our limitations of how we can’t really understand, or even agree on, what the problem is which surrounds us, beca…
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Explaining words with music - interview with David Lang
Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Ahead of the European premiere of ’before and after nature’ (2024) for chamber choir and Bang on a Can All-Stars, with video projections by Tal Rosner, the composer and I discuss the words and music in our talk.
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Ahead of the US premiere of the Salonen Horn Concerto (2023-25) with Boston Symphony, an interview with Stefan Dohr, where we touch upon not only the Salonen novelty but also concerti by Abrahamsen, Lachenmann, Rohloff and Widmann, along with other things soloistic and orchestral
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From Salonen’s Leitmotivs to Lachenmann’s Melodies – interview with Stefan Dohr
Berlin Philharmonic Principal Horn Stefan Dohr on his home ground at the Berlin Philharmonie. © Simon Pauly “It’s been very, very nice to work with Esa-Pekka [Salonen]. Of course, I didn’t ha…
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February 12, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Ahead of the US premiere of the Salonen Horn Concerto (2023-25) with Boston Symphony, an interview with Stefan Dohr, where we touch upon not only the Salonen novelty but also concerti by Abrahamsen, Lachenmann, Rohloff and Widmann, along with other things soloistic and orchestral
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Reporting from Helsinki, where Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s formidable cello concerto Before we fall (2024) received its intense Finnish premiere with Johannes Moser and the Helsinki Philharmonic under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
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Bewitching Finnish premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s cello concerto Before we fall by Johannes Moser, the Helsinki Phil and Saraste
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir in dress rehearsal with cellist Johannes Moser, the Helsinki Philharmonic and Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste. © Jari Kallio Launching into 2026 with utmost sonic intensity…
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February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Reporting from Helsinki, where Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s formidable cello concerto Before we fall (2024) received its intense Finnish premiere with Johannes Moser and the Helsinki Philharmonic under Jukka-Pekka Saraste.
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This one happens to be my 700th feature for #adventuresinmusic 🥳
Reporting from Disney Hall, John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson team up with the LA Phil for a top-tier take on the composer’s new piano concerto After the Fall, now recorded for DG, framed by splendid readings of Harris 3, Ives The Unanswered Question & Copland Appalachian Spring.
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After the Fall returns to the West Coast as John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson team up with the LA Phil
John Adams conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic. © Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Returning to the podium at Walt Disney Concert Hall last week, Los Angeles Philharmonic…
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February 1, 2026 at 9:39 AM
This one happens to be my 700th feature for #adventuresinmusic 🥳
Reporting from Disney Hall, John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson team up with the LA Phil for a top-tier take on the composer’s new piano concerto After the Fall, now recorded for DG, framed by splendid readings of Harris 3, Ives The Unanswered Question & Copland Appalachian Spring.
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After the Fall returns to the West Coast as John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson team up with the LA Phil
John Adams conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic. © Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Returning to the podium at Walt Disney Concert Hall last week, Los Angeles Philharmonic…
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January 31, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Reporting from Disney Hall, John Adams and Víkingur Ólafsson team up with the LA Phil for a top-tier take on the composer’s new piano concerto After the Fall, now recorded for DG, framed by splendid readings of Harris 3, Ives The Unanswered Question & Copland Appalachian Spring.
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Reporting from Geffen Hall, Thomas Adès conducts NY Phil & Choruses in a terrific program feat. Ives Orchestral Set No. 2 (1909-15/1919), Rautavaara PC 1 (1969) with Yuja Wang, Kaija Saariaho Oltra Mar (1998-99) and Adès’s own America (A Prophecy) (1999/2024).
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Millennial messages and harrowing prophecies with Thomas Adès and the New York Philharmonic
Yuja Wang performing Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto No. 1, op. 45 (1969) with Thomas Adès and the New York Philharmonic. © Chris Lee Conducted by Thomas Adès, last week’s concerts by …
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January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Reporting from Geffen Hall, Thomas Adès conducts NY Phil & Choruses in a terrific program feat. Ives Orchestral Set No. 2 (1909-15/1919), Rautavaara PC 1 (1969) with Yuja Wang, Kaija Saariaho Oltra Mar (1998-99) and Adès’s own America (A Prophecy) (1999/2024).
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Befittingly, after an Atlantic crossing, some work on reviewing the formidable New York Philharmonic and Thomas Adès performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar (1998-99) with University of Michigan Chamber Choir and EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble.
January 26, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Befittingly, after an Atlantic crossing, some work on reviewing the formidable New York Philharmonic and Thomas Adès performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar (1998-99) with University of Michigan Chamber Choir and EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble.
Befittingly, after an Atlantic crossing, some work on reviewing the formidable New York Philharmonic and Thomas Adès performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar (1998-99) with University of Michigan Chamber Choir and EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Befittingly, after an Atlantic crossing, some work on reviewing the formidable New York Philharmonic and Thomas Adès performance of Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra Mar (1998-99) with University of Michigan Chamber Choir and EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble.
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Reporting from the BSO’s all-John Williams evening, conducted by Andris Nelsons, featuring the new Piano Concerto (2023-25) and TreeSong (2000) with their dedicatees Emanuel Ax and Gil Shaham as soloists.
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The BSO’s John Williams evening highlights the new Piano Concerto and TreeSong
Emanuel Ax performing John Williams’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2023-25) with the BSO and Andris Nelsons at Symphony Hall on Thursday. © Robert Torres, courtesy of the BSO Segueing th…
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January 24, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Reporting from the BSO’s all-John Williams evening, conducted by Andris Nelsons, featuring the new Piano Concerto (2023-25) and TreeSong (2000) with their dedicatees Emanuel Ax and Gil Shaham as soloists.
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Between his Boston Symphony and BRSO performances, Emanuel Ax discuss the John Williams and Anders Hillborg Piano Concerti, along with some forays into Ludwig van Beethoven.
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You have to get lucky – Emanuel Ax on performing John Williams and Anders Hillborg
Emanuel Ax performing Anders Hillborg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 The MAX Concerto (2023) with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Esa-Pekka Salonen in December. © BR / Astrid Ack…
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January 23, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Between his Boston Symphony and BRSO performances, Emanuel Ax discuss the John Williams and Anders Hillborg Piano Concerti, along with some forays into Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Thrilled to get back to this piece six months after the Tanglewood Festival world premiere!! John Williams Piano Concerto (2023-25) with Emanuel Ax & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons tonight at Symphony Hall!
p.s. Interview with Manny coming up very soon
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p.s. Interview with Manny coming up very soon
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January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Thrilled to get back to this piece six months after the Tanglewood Festival world premiere!! John Williams Piano Concerto (2023-25) with Emanuel Ax & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons tonight at Symphony Hall!
p.s. Interview with Manny coming up very soon
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p.s. Interview with Manny coming up very soon
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Dress rehearsal done! The Finnish premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s fabulous new cello concerto Before we fall (2024) with Johannes Moser and Helsinki Phil under Jukka-Pekka Saraste ahead tonight. 🔥
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January 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Dress rehearsal done! The Finnish premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s fabulous new cello concerto Before we fall (2024) with Johannes Moser and Helsinki Phil under Jukka-Pekka Saraste ahead tonight. 🔥
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Anna Thorvaldsdóttir discusses her new cello concerto Before we fall (2024) for Johannes Moser ahead of its 🇫🇮 premiere with Helsinki Phil. Also, a word or two about her symphony-in-progress.
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Between a concerto and a symphony – interview with Anna Thorvaldsdóttir
© Anna Maggý “For me, music is always connected. Whether it’s a concerto or an orchestra piece or any kind of music, it’s always about the whole; how all the musical elements come toget…
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January 14, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Anna Thorvaldsdóttir discusses her new cello concerto Before we fall (2024) for Johannes Moser ahead of its 🇫🇮 premiere with Helsinki Phil. Also, a word or two about her symphony-in-progress.
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Pierre Boulez left us ten years ago.
Pictured, Boulez’s grave in Baden-Baden in June 2016 still featuring a temp cross instead of a tombeau proper.
NB the handwritten amendment to the text.
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Pictured, Boulez’s grave in Baden-Baden in June 2016 still featuring a temp cross instead of a tombeau proper.
NB the handwritten amendment to the text.
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January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Pierre Boulez left us ten years ago.
Pictured, Boulez’s grave in Baden-Baden in June 2016 still featuring a temp cross instead of a tombeau proper.
NB the handwritten amendment to the text.
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Pictured, Boulez’s grave in Baden-Baden in June 2016 still featuring a temp cross instead of a tombeau proper.
NB the handwritten amendment to the text.
#adventuresinmusic
Two splendid Big Sur pieces to keep me warm on a wintry Sunday here in Finland. #adventuresinmusic
January 4, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Two splendid Big Sur pieces to keep me warm on a wintry Sunday here in Finland. #adventuresinmusic
Back at it! Contrary to the custom nowadays, I much rather have my Marche au Supplice without the opening repeat - purely in terms of dramaturgy. This is a one-way ticket, and there’s no turning back. #adventuresinmusic
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Back at it! Contrary to the custom nowadays, I much rather have my Marche au Supplice without the opening repeat - purely in terms of dramaturgy. This is a one-way ticket, and there’s no turning back. #adventuresinmusic
If I was to pick just one cherished musical memory from 2025, it would certainly be this unbelievable, life-affirming John Adams Harmonielehre with Berlin Phil and Sir Simon Rattle on 18 October at the Philharmonie.
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Harmonielehre to die for – Rattle and Berlin Phil on the John Adams classic
Sir Simon Rattle conducting Harmonielehre (1984-85) with Berliner Philharmoniker. © Bettina Stöss Some performances are simply stuff of legends. One of these rare occasions came to pass at the Phil…
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January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
If I was to pick just one cherished musical memory from 2025, it would certainly be this unbelievable, life-affirming John Adams Harmonielehre with Berlin Phil and Sir Simon Rattle on 18 October at the Philharmonie.
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As the year draws to its close, a throwback to one of the most important new music concerts of 2025, TampereRaw’s sounding portrait of Maija Hynninen, featuring the world premiere of her new piano concerto, Pathways (2024-25) for Anna Kuvaja, conducted by Maria Itkonen.
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TampereRaw launched their new concert series with a compelling Maija Hynninen composer portrait at Tampere Hall
Anna Kuvaja, piano, and TampereRaw, conducted by Maria Itkonen, premiering Maija Hynninen’s Pathways (2024-25) for piano and ensemble. © Ville Hautakangas Inaugurating their new music series …
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December 31, 2025 at 9:16 AM
As the year draws to its close, a throwback to one of the most important new music concerts of 2025, TampereRaw’s sounding portrait of Maija Hynninen, featuring the world premiere of her new piano concerto, Pathways (2024-25) for Anna Kuvaja, conducted by Maria Itkonen.
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Boxing Day album classic, Ensemble Modern and Synergy Vocals perform Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76) with members of Steve Reich and Musicians on RCA Red Seal (1997 studio recording).
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December 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Boxing Day album classic, Ensemble Modern and Synergy Vocals perform Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76) with members of Steve Reich and Musicians on RCA Red Seal (1997 studio recording).
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Very important question to all Mahlerians:
How do you prefer your Das klagende Lied?
a) with Waldmärchen (as in 1880)
b) without Waldmärchen (as in 1898)
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How do you prefer your Das klagende Lied?
a) with Waldmärchen (as in 1880)
b) without Waldmärchen (as in 1898)
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December 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Very important question to all Mahlerians:
How do you prefer your Das klagende Lied?
a) with Waldmärchen (as in 1880)
b) without Waldmärchen (as in 1898)
#adventuresinmusic
How do you prefer your Das klagende Lied?
a) with Waldmärchen (as in 1880)
b) without Waldmärchen (as in 1898)
#adventuresinmusic
Things are getting nicely Christmassy around here. 💫🎄✨
Happy Holidays good people all 🌟
Happy Holidays good people all 🌟
December 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Things are getting nicely Christmassy around here. 💫🎄✨
Happy Holidays good people all 🌟
Happy Holidays good people all 🌟
Reporting from Munich, where Emanuel Ax, the BRSO and Esa-Pekka Salonen served Anders Hillborg’s The MAX Concerto (2023) with an outing of dreams, bookended by a pristine Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914-17/1919) and a staggering Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (1830)
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The MAX Concerto in Munich – Emanuel Ax, the BRSO and Esa-Pekka Salonen perform Hillborg, Berlioz and Ravel
Emanuel Ax performing Anders Hillborg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 The MAX Concerto (2023) with the BRSO and Esa-Pekka Salonen at Herkulessaal. © BR – Astrid Ackermann Closing the autumn seas…
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December 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Reporting from Munich, where Emanuel Ax, the BRSO and Esa-Pekka Salonen served Anders Hillborg’s The MAX Concerto (2023) with an outing of dreams, bookended by a pristine Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin (1914-17/1919) and a staggering Berlioz Symphonie fantastique (1830)
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Reporting from the 🇫🇮 premieres of Ellen Reid Body Cosmic (2024) and Anders Hillborg Eleven Gates (2005-06) with Pekka Kuusisto conducting the Helsinki Phil, paired with Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations (1939) and Laura Netzel Fantaisie (1903) feat. soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou.
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From savage parades to cosmic gates – exquisite aural fantasies with Aphrodite Patoulidou, Pekka Kuusisto and the Helsinki Phil
Ellen Reid onstage with Pekka Kuusisto and the Helsinki Philharmonic after the Finnish premiere of her Body Cosmic (2024). © Jari Kallio When it comes to the art of programming, Friday’s concert wi…
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December 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Reporting from the 🇫🇮 premieres of Ellen Reid Body Cosmic (2024) and Anders Hillborg Eleven Gates (2005-06) with Pekka Kuusisto conducting the Helsinki Phil, paired with Benjamin Britten Les Illuminations (1939) and Laura Netzel Fantaisie (1903) feat. soprano Aphrodite Patoulidou.
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A throwback to Tampere Philharmonic 95th anniversary concert conducted by Matthew Halls and featuring the 🇫🇮 premiere of Jasdeep Singh Degun’s sitar concerto Arya (2019-20) as its centerpiece.
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Tampere Philharmonic celebrates its 95th anniversary with the Finnish premiere of Jasdeep Singh Degun’s sitar concerto
Jasdeep Singh Degun taking a bow after the Finnish premiere of his Arya: concerto for sitar and orchestra (2019-20) with Gurdan Rayatt, tabla, and the Tampere Philharmonic under Chief Conductor Mat…
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December 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A throwback to Tampere Philharmonic 95th anniversary concert conducted by Matthew Halls and featuring the 🇫🇮 premiere of Jasdeep Singh Degun’s sitar concerto Arya (2019-20) as its centerpiece.
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A throwback to one of my all-time favorite recitals, featuring Sean Shibe on acoustic and electric guitar at Verkatehdas (🇫🇮) performing Thomas Adès, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Sasha Scott, Frank Martin and J.S. Bach - plus an Oliver Messiaen encore.
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A recital to remember – Sean Shibe performs Adès, Reich, Monk, Scott, Martin and Bach at Verkatehdas
Sean Shibe portrait by © Iga Gozdowska Upon his visit to Hämeenlinna last Monday, Sean Shibe treated his Verkatehdas audience with one of the finest recital programs of the season, pairing four ori…
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A throwback to one of my all-time favorite recitals, featuring Sean Shibe on acoustic and electric guitar at Verkatehdas (🇫🇮) performing Thomas Adès, Steve Reich, Meredith Monk, Sasha Scott, Frank Martin and J.S. Bach - plus an Oliver Messiaen encore.
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Reporting from the exquisite world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s terrific 70-minute Robert Macfarlane setting ”The World Tree” (2025) by the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek at Temppeliaukio Church earlier this week.
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The World Tree premiere crowns the Helsinki Chamber Choir’s anniversary season
Nils Schweckendiek conducting the Helsinki Chamber Choir in the world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s The World Tree (2025). © Ella Kiviniemi The Helsinki Chamber Choir’s twentieth anniv…
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November 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Reporting from the exquisite world premiere of Matthew Whittall’s terrific 70-minute Robert Macfarlane setting ”The World Tree” (2025) by the Helsinki Chamber Choir and Nils Schweckendiek at Temppeliaukio Church earlier this week.
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