Matthias Röder
Application for the Etchings Festival…
Application for the Etchings Festival 2010 now open. Study New Music in Southern France. http://ping.fm/zXXNy
Five contemporary orchestra pieces you have to know
You all know that I am a big fan of lists. Today I am sharing with you five of my most favorite orchestra pieces. Let me know how your list would look like!
Read the rediscovered libretto of…
Read the rediscovered libretto of Hadyn’s puppet play “Der Hexenschabbas” online at http://ping.fm/zhNRH
Great recording of Stockhausen’s…
Great recording of Stockhausen’s Tierkreis / Zodiac http://bit.ly/6cNZ2a Is this an arrangement or original?
Here is a disturbing piece …
Here is a disturbing piece by Annette Krebs. Disturbing in a good way, I think. http://ping.fm/JsnQJ
Listening to music by Jean-Francois…
Listening to music by Jean-Francois Charles http://ping.fm/90N3K
The second part of Greg Sandows piece…
The second part of Greg Sandows piece on contemporary music and the classical music scene: http://ping.fm/SuDaa
Free Concert of the Berlin Philharmonic
To watch a free concert stream of the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle, go to the Deutsche Bank website. Even though this is not a live concert, it might be fun to watch. The “concert” takes place on November 9, 8pm EST.
Bodily Expression in Electronic Music
The University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz announced a three-day symposion on Bodily Expression in Electronic Music. Speakers include Isabel Mundry, Georgina Born, Federico Celestini, Andreas Dorschel, Deniz Peters, Alva Noe, Simon Emmerson, Pauline Oliveros, Gerhard Eckel, and Kendall Walton.
Would You Buy an Instant-Recording While Walking Out of a Concert?
LiveHereNow is a company that specialized on Instant-Recordings This idea is intriguing. You go to a concert and at the end of the show, while you walk out of the hall, a freshly produced instant-recording of the concert is already up for sale at the merchandise stand at the exit doors. Think of this CD […]
DJ Dubble8 at alonetone.com
I just came across this 50-tracks anthology of free downloads from DJ Dubble 8 aka Erik Spangler, who is one of the two curators of Mobtown Modern. It is hosted on alonetone.com, a new music service that lets you host and share your music across the internet. Here is a short “prelisten” for you:
Harvard Group for New Music Concert – November 7, 2009
Harvard Group for New Music HGNM The Harvard Group for New Music presents a Concert of Contemporary Music Come and listen to new works by Harvard Composers! performed by White Rabbit ensemble-in-residence Sabrina Schroeder// Holding Patterns (for ensemble) Ann Cleare// Dysmorphia (for viola and cello) Bert Van Herck// Reconnected (for alto flute and clarinet) Hannah […]
What’s wrong with the Petition against the German Music Collecting Society GEMA
The online petition at the German parliament against the German music collection society, GEMA, is a good thing, but it misses one of the most problematic aspects: that all music collecting societies are forcing customers to buy comprehensive licenses for websites even though they need only a license for one, two, or a few works.
Un-Music Conference @ Harvard this Week-End
An exciting program with speakers from the US, Canada, Turkey, France, and Italy! Keynote by Jonathan Sterne from McGill University: “Is Music a Thing?” Composers’s Roundtable with Lou Bunk (Brandeis University), Maxwell Dulaney (Brandeis University), Davide Ianni (Boston University), and Adam Roberts (Harvard University). Moderated by Jean-Francois Charles. Details at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/gradmus/program.php
Air Fencing on the Viola: Garth Knox plays Barroso
When I wrote my enthusiastic review of Daniel Panner’s performance at the first Fromm Concert Series on February 21, I should have mentioned, that the other great violist of our time, Garth Knox, was performing in the very same hall just one week prior to the Fromm concert.
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