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Claire Chase releases Terrestre on New Focus Recordings
Published on 2012-02-21 08:22:27
On her new album Terrestre, Claire Chase achieves every woodwind player’s fantasy: playing with a perfect response, solid tone, and in total command of her instrument. Her selection of some of the most difficult music composed for flute in the recent past and present demonstrates her technical prowess and determination to present her instrument’s capacity [...]
Premiere Commission 10th anniversary concert at Le Poisson Rouge
Published on 2012-02-20 11:10:16
The Premiere Commission 10th Anniversary Concert at Le Poisson Rouge, February 13th, 2012, featured one New York premiere and three world premieres, as well as more established pieces. Unlike some contemporary classical concerts, this evening at LPR featured a small array of instruments, including only piano, string quartet (the very “hot” Brooklyn Rider), soprano, and, [...]
A Far Cry, Slow Six and This Will Destroy You at Ecstatic Music Festival
Published on 2012-02-17 09:25:25
Music is often colorfully compared to alchemy. Both arts involve the careful meeting of scientific logic and emotive, mystical chaos. The musician takes sounds that can be expressed mathematically, orders them in a way that can be analyzed logically, and produces something that, hopefully, will elicit some kind of emotional, intellectual, or spiritual reaction from [...]
