- Jeff Harrington – Sequenza21
After his spectacular Spoleto Festival performance of the 16 piece Violin Futura set, Piotr Szewczyk continues to promote the series with a new video and an upcoming gig at the Santa Fe New Music Festival, February 2nd [youtube]Ywd_mkPa8Oo [ youtube] Check out the entire series, which was designed around short, exciting pieces for solo violin composed just for Piotr My favorites include our
- Autotune the silence – Sequenza21
Ah, this the Golden Age, my friends, when the mellifuous sound of Autotune is everywhere, bringing dulcet harmony and order to everything from the latest pop and hip-hop singles worldwide to even the news And now, thanks to the inspiration of Toronto composer Matthew Reid, even to the veritable so
- Joe Hisaishi: A Symphonic Celebration – Sequenza21
Spirited Away (2001) gives us more of Hisaishi’s distinctive pianism (again, this connects him to Badalamenti, whose keyboard playing was always so grounded in the soul), paired with the breathy vocals of Hisaishi’s daughter, Mai Fujisawa (who also sang the original Nausicäa theme) Her voice is auto-tuned, which is rather odd in a classical album, even as it plays creatively with the
- Jacob Sudol - sequenza21. com
Jacob David Sudol (b Des Moines, Iowa 1980) writes intimate compositions that explore enigmatic phenomena and the inner nature of how we perceive sound He recently finished his M Mus at McGill University and currently resides in La Jolla, CA where he is working towards a Ph D in composition at the University of California at San Diego with Roger Reynolds, Chinary Ung, Philippe Manoury, and
- Sequenza21 The Contemporary Classical Music Weekly
E lliott Carter is a giant of contemporary music, whose astonishing productivity over recent years has produced many critically acclaimed works, and earned him a string of awards and accolades Carter turned 95 on December 11 and the birthday season brings salutes from performing organizations around the world
- Cantus Records Manifesto – Sequenza21
Cantus Manifesto Signum Classics The all-male vocal ensemble Cantus’s first full length recording in seven years, Manifesto, features pieces, all in world premiere recordings, that explore relationships and identity The title work is a piece by David Lang, the text taken from answers
- Where We Live - sequenza21. com
The world has always been violent, hence the classical desire to restrain the beast within But is this kind of art enough when the world seems to spin out of control more and more each day, with headlines soaked in blood, and anger and distrust every way you turn? Should art address disjunction d
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