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Always an honor to buy Henry Threadgill a cup of coffee. (Also great fun to revisit the music on his new album, which I raved about when I heard it live last year.) Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/a...
Henry Threadgill’s Musical Spring Is Varied and Extreme. Like He Is.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer has released a memoir, “Easily Slip Into Another World,” and a new album, “The Other One.”
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Always an honor to buy Henry Threadgill a cup of coffee. (Also great fun to revisit the music on his new album, which I raved about when I heard it live last year.) Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/a...
It was a blast to hear Miranda Cuckson +
@ethan_iverson
play the music of Peter Lieberson, Louise Talma and George Walker. (Iverson did his own music proud, too.) I later scoured used-CD bins to find out more about Talma in particular. Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/a...
@ethan_iverson
play the music of Peter Lieberson, Louise Talma and George Walker. (Iverson did his own music proud, too.) I later scoured used-CD bins to find out more about Talma in particular. Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/a...
September 23, 2023 at 7:46 PM
It was a blast to hear Miranda Cuckson +
@ethan_iverson
play the music of Peter Lieberson, Louise Talma and George Walker. (Iverson did his own music proud, too.) I later scoured used-CD bins to find out more about Talma in particular. Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/a...
@ethan_iverson
play the music of Peter Lieberson, Louise Talma and George Walker. (Iverson did his own music proud, too.) I later scoured used-CD bins to find out more about Talma in particular. Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/a...
Didn't love Sonic Sphere; found "head tracking" in Apple Music mostly a bore. But Salonen's Ligeti is fun in Dolby Atmos! Even better: recent binaural albums of spatial-audio works by Natasha Barrett and Stockhausen (no Apple-tech required!). Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/a...
September 23, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Didn't love Sonic Sphere; found "head tracking" in Apple Music mostly a bore. But Salonen's Ligeti is fun in Dolby Atmos! Even better: recent binaural albums of spatial-audio works by Natasha Barrett and Stockhausen (no Apple-tech required!). Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/08/22/a...
Check out Jeenah Moon's photographs of *Douglas R. Ewart's* sculptures (and of his recent performance with the International Contemporary Ensemble), in this un-paywalled concert review. (Some vintage Ewart music is also embedded...) www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/a...
September 23, 2023 at 7:26 PM
Check out Jeenah Moon's photographs of *Douglas R. Ewart's* sculptures (and of his recent performance with the International Contemporary Ensemble), in this un-paywalled concert review. (Some vintage Ewart music is also embedded...) www.nytimes.com/2023/03/20/a...
Korngold! Hindemith! Lully! Multiple productions by Barrie Kosky! Here are some *choice* recent-ish filmed opera productions, now available to rent/own on streaming (or on disc, if you like). Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/a...
September 23, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Korngold! Hindemith! Lully! Multiple productions by Barrie Kosky! Here are some *choice* recent-ish filmed opera productions, now available to rent/own on streaming (or on disc, if you like). Un-paywalled: www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/a...
My favorite concert, so far, this year? The premiere of Anthony Braxton's "Trillium X"! (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/a...
And oh look: there is ARCHIVAL VIDEO of "Trillium A" at this new Braxton collection housed at Yale: yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/...
And oh look: there is ARCHIVAL VIDEO of "Trillium A" at this new Braxton collection housed at Yale: yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/...
Review: An American Opera Gets the Attention It Needs Abroad
Anthony Braxton’s “Trillium X,” part of a sweeping cycle of operas that began in the 1980s, finally premiered in Prague.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2023 at 6:53 PM
My favorite concert, so far, this year? The premiere of Anthony Braxton's "Trillium X"! (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/a...
And oh look: there is ARCHIVAL VIDEO of "Trillium A" at this new Braxton collection housed at Yale: yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/...
And oh look: there is ARCHIVAL VIDEO of "Trillium A" at this new Braxton collection housed at Yale: yalemusiclib.aviaryplatform.com/collections/...
One highlight from this summer was "Minor Characters," a mega-fun dramatic work by @JenniferWalshe + @MShlom A few selections are now available: nikel.bandcamp.com/album/radio-... My report on the full piece, from Darmstadt, is here (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/a...
At Darmstadt, the Avant-Garde Rivals Wagner’s ‘Ring’
In between the four operas of the “Ring,” a critic traveled to take in world premieres by Jennifer Walshe and Anthony Braxton.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2023 at 6:45 PM
One highlight from this summer was "Minor Characters," a mega-fun dramatic work by @JenniferWalshe + @MShlom A few selections are now available: nikel.bandcamp.com/album/radio-... My report on the full piece, from Darmstadt, is here (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/08/13/a...
CONFIRMED: Tzadik Records will be streaming, next week (per its distributor)! Also confirmed: John Zorn Is 70, Still Rips (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/a...
September 23, 2023 at 6:31 PM
CONFIRMED: Tzadik Records will be streaming, next week (per its distributor)! Also confirmed: John Zorn Is 70, Still Rips (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/a...
A one-act labor-politics opera by *James P. Johnson* + *Langston Hughes* is (at last!) available! And so is the orchestral version of *Mary Lou Williams's* "Zodiac Suite"! LISTEN WITHIN (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/a...
September 23, 2023 at 6:24 PM
A one-act labor-politics opera by *James P. Johnson* + *Langston Hughes* is (at last!) available! And so is the orchestral version of *Mary Lou Williams's* "Zodiac Suite"! LISTEN WITHIN (un-paywalled): www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/a...