• Dec 09, 2018

James Levine set a trap for Milton Babbitt at a Babbitt's 90th birthday celebration at Weill Hall. Levine produced the event through the MET Opera Chamber Players. Tenor Niel Farrell &I opened the concert with Babbitt's …

• Nov 30, 2018

Mond, als träte ein Totes Aus blauer Höhle, Und es fallen der Blüten Viele über den Felsenpfad. Silbern weint ein Krankes Am Abendweiher, Auf schwarzem Kahn Hinüberstarben Liebende. I spoke to a microtonal composer …

• Nov 29, 2018

Carter took one abrupt turn, and much later, a gentle turn. His music from the '50s did not draw a hard line around scale degrees. Scale degree associations were not avoided like the plague. He drew the line in the 60s or …

• Sep 09, 2018

Nowe Fale Gdańsk William Anderson, guitar/mandolin Joan Forsyth, piano Program Fouad (solo guitar)-- --Emil Awad Cerises* (solo guitar, premiere)-- --Agustin Castilla-Avila Simone’s Lullaby (piano solo)-- --Terry …

• Sep 09, 2018

focal pitches, vs. focal harmonies

• Jun 29, 2017

After the crash in 1929, the US saw a united effort to recreate innocence. Disney was at the forefront. His work from the '20s was edgy. See Mickey get more cute into the '30s. There are many other examples. The movie …