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Nico Muhly in Concertgebouw tonight
Britten Sinfonia Pekka Kuusisto, viool/leiding Mark Padmore, tenor Jacqueline Shave, viool * Purcell – Fantasia a 7 in c, Z 738 (arr. N. Muhly) * Purcell/Muhly – Let the Night Perish (Job’s Curse), Z...
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Classical elitism
It took me years to find [Radio 3] the [pop radio] station remotely penetrable. For a long while I had no patience, my laziness supported by the thought that just because classical music – and world...
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‘Pop Music’ vs. ‘Classical Music’, Part One
Written by Ronnie Rocket, Classical 2.0 (www.classical20.com) The recent debate on the influence of classical music on indie rock and vice versa, originally initiated with this post in the excellent...
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Timothy Andres and his many, varied musical influences
Timothy Andres grew up listening to Brahms and Beethoven as he studied piano at the Juilliard School’s precollege program. When he enrolled at Yale in 2003, he discovered a new canon. “I gravitated to...
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Chiara String Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge
Just before the Chiara String Quartet played Webern’s Five Movements for String Quartet on Wednesday evening at Le Poisson Rouge, the group’s first violinist, Rebecca Fischer, pointed out that the work...
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Steve Reich – Four Organs; Phase Patterns (1970)
Steve Reich has described his 1971 piece Four Organs as an attempt to reproduce the phasing effect of his mid-’60s tape pieces (such as Come Out and It’s Gonna Rain) with real musicians in a concert...
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Steve Reich – Come Out (1966)
Come Out is a 1966 piece by American composer Steve Reich. Reich was asked to write this piece to be performed at a benefit for the retrial of the Harlem Six, six black youths arrested for committing a...
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Steve Reich and Musicians – Drumming (1971)
Recorded January 1974 in Hamburg Germany. Original Deutsche Grammophon Studio Recording. From the 3 × Vinyl, LP Box Set : Steve Reich – Drumming / Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ /...
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