05
Oct
More Cowbell
A searing posthumous work by a Russian master meets a rather straight-laced run-down of Mahler’s titanic seventh.
7 min read
brin solomon
Composer, playwright, liturgist, and critic brin solomon writes words and music in various genres and is doing its best to queer all of them.
16
Sep
Your Kingdom is Beautiful and Vast
Or: How does decade-old video game discourse relate to the birth of poptimism?
7 min read
07
Sep
Stage Directions
Music Mountain celebrates a decade of Oskar Espina Ruiz’s leadership with a series of joyously clarinet-centric programs.
8 min read
24
Aug
Sound and Fury
Violin concerti at Tanglewood and a new album for bassoon and bassoon and bassoon and...
7 min read
19
Aug
Loose Baggy Monsters
Sometimes the solution to a piece being too long . . . is to make it even longer.
8 min read
10
Aug
Xenoatmospherics
Poems about the Holocaust, air from another planet, and one miraculous cricket.
10 min read
06
Aug
The Noise Point
Come for the electric guitars, stay for the ecstatic minimalism — LOUD Weekend descends on Mass MoCA!
7 min read
29
Jul
The Big Tapestry
Micropolyphony, electronic cello manipulation, pianos played with ping-pong balls — it's the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music!
14 min read
15
Jul
The Tone Poem Ascendant
Most new works these days come with evocative titles and explicit extra-musical programs. Why?
8 min read
13
Jul
Greening
A world premiere at Tanglewood and Schumann in a synagogue — summer festivals are here!
8 min read