“Infusing softness of tone with luscious harmonies, [Chatman’s] music always sounds deceptively simple…” – Dianne Wells, The Whole Note Centrediscs released the latest album of choral music by Stephen Chatman this month. Dawn of Night is the inspiring new album featuring the voices of the University of Toronto’s MacMillan Singers, under the direction of Hilary Apfelstadt. Chatman’sContinue reading “Featured Recording: Dawn of Night, choral music by Stephen Chatman”
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SF Opera Orchestra Members, Lowell Trio, release new CD featuring David Conte & Juliana Hall
San Francisco’s Lowell Trio just released Volume II of its “Music to Save Our Endangered Lands” CD series, which includes Juliana Hall‘s Rilke Song for English horn and piano, and David Conte‘s arrangement of Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child for oboe, cello, and piano. The Lowell Trio consists of oboist/English horn player JanetContinue reading “SF Opera Orchestra Members, Lowell Trio, release new CD featuring David Conte & Juliana Hall”
Interview with Choral Composer of the Month: Philip W. J. Stopford
Philip W. J. Stopford (b. 1977) is an English composer and choral director, revered worldwide for his contemporary settings of traditional Latin and English prayers and hymns. Stopford’s relationship with church music is a long one, beginning as early as 7 years old. As of 2016, Stopford has served as Director of Music at Christ Church,Continue reading “Interview with Choral Composer of the Month: Philip W. J. Stopford”
Su Lian Tan: Oberlin Music recording includes world premiere of work for cello & orchestra
Cellist Darrett Adkins released Myth & Tradition, a new album of music that he commissioned. The recording includes Su Lian Tan’s Legends of Kintamani. Adkins partnered with the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, directed by Timothy Weiss, to premiere this work. Tan writes, “Legends of Kintamani was inspired by travels to Southeast Asia and specifically Bali. The five movement storytellingContinue reading “Su Lian Tan: Oberlin Music recording includes world premiere of work for cello & orchestra”
Julian Wachner – Time’s Arrow Festival performs complete works of Anton Webern
Deemed as the New York Classical Review’s “Critic’s Choice for the 2017-18 season” the annual Time’s Arrow Festival is a celebration of music and arts in the new world. This highlight of New York’s musical season features The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and NOVUS NY, under the direction of Julian Wachner. The 2017-18 andContinue reading “Julian Wachner – Time’s Arrow Festival performs complete works of Anton Webern”
REV. 23 premiere: new opera from Julian Wachner & Cerise Jacobs, the sequel to Revelations
On September 29, a new opera from Cerise Jacobs and Julian Wachner, Rev. 23, premieres at Boston’s John Hancock Theater. The premiere kicks off the Boston New Music Festival and features White Snake Projects production company, who shares new, relevant opera based on the stories of Cerise Jacobs. Rev. 23 will be available soon from E. C. Schirmer.Continue reading “REV. 23 premiere: new opera from Julian Wachner & Cerise Jacobs, the sequel to Revelations”
Duo YUMENO premieres third chapter in commissioning project – Daron Hagen
Duo YUMENO (Yoko Reikano Kimura, koto; and Hikaru Tamaki, violoncello) commissioned American composer Daron Hagen to create four large-scale works for koto and cello based on characters and stories from the great Japanese epic, The Tale of Heike. The project is titled “Songs of Heike,” the third installment of which is called Misterioso. The world premiere performanceContinue reading “Duo YUMENO premieres third chapter in commissioning project – Daron Hagen”
Interview with Composer of the Month: Daron Hagen
Daron Hagen (b. 1961) is a prolific composer of acoustic and electro-acoustic music for the concert hall and stage. He is also a stage director, conductor, librettist, essayist, clinician, and collaborative pianist. Described as a “composer born to write operas” (Chicago Tribune) whose music is “dazzling, unsettling, exuberant, and heroic” (The New Yorker), his opera Amelia was described asContinue reading “Interview with Composer of the Month: Daron Hagen”
The Finisterra Trio revisits work premiered & recorded for Naxos Records — Daron Hagen
Seattle-area residents enjoy the First Sundays Concerts series hosted on Bainbridge Island across the bay. On Sunday, September 10, the renowned Finisterra Trio shares Daron Hagen‘s Piano Trio No. 3: Wayfaring Stranger which was originally commissioned and recorded by the ensemble. Daron Hagen explores his introduction and relationship with the American folk spiritual Wayfaring Stranger, which servesContinue reading “The Finisterra Trio revisits work premiered & recorded for Naxos Records — Daron Hagen”
Renowned Horszowski Trio performs Daron Hagen
Hailed by The New Yorker as “destined for great things,” the Horszowski Trio pulls inspiration from Horszowski’s musicianship, integrity, and humanity. Trio members Jesse Mills, Raman Ramakrishnan, and Rieko Aizawa devote themselves to an extensive catalog of repertoire spanning from the traditional to the contemporary. Based in New York City, the trio members teach at Columbia University and LongyContinue reading “Renowned Horszowski Trio performs Daron Hagen”
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