Since 1923, Gramophone Magazine continues to devote itself to reviewing classical music, particularly recordings. The August 2017 issue featured two albums in the ECS Publishing Group catalog: Seven Last Words by Michael John Trotta and Revelations by Su Lian Tan. Seven Last Words, review excerpt By Guy Rickards “Trotta’s musical style is fairly straightforward….not unlike that ofContinue reading “Gramophone Magazine reviews new albums from Su Lian Tan & Michael John Trotta”
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Review of Seven Last Words by Michael John Trotta — Choral Scholar
In his famous Poetics of Music of 1939, Stravinsky observes, “A real tradition is not the relic of a past that is irretrievably gone; it is a living force that animates and informs the present.” Michael J. Trotta’s Seven Last Words is a work solidly grounded in tradition, yet incorporates a musical language that, in GeorgeContinue reading “Review of Seven Last Words by Michael John Trotta — Choral Scholar”
Modern Classics: Michael Trotta’s Seven Last Words – MidAmerica Productions
“Michael John Trotta is an award-winning composer of choral music whose latest work, Seven Last Words, will be given its NY premiere in Carnegie Hall on May 27, 2017 as part of MidAmerica Productions’ 34th concert season. This will be the first time that Trotta will conduct his own composition in a MidAmerica Productions CarnegieContinue reading “Modern Classics: Michael Trotta’s Seven Last Words – MidAmerica Productions”
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