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viola-ing · 8 months
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Hi there! I'm Katie, and I am a composer.
I am working on a commissioned piece that comments on involuntary psychiatric admission, focusing on the findings of the Rosenhan Experiment.
The piece is for violin & fixed media, and I am looking for folks to record themselves reading some excerpts from the experiment's article.
If you want to record & be a part of this piece, recordings are needed by Wednesday, August 23rd.
To find more information, please visit this Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rSTHSKT4J3LokMf8ivaHEbBlRBj68TBG3siHb-qDHgc/edit?usp=sharing
Thank you in advance!!
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mikrokosmos · 2 years
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What are your favorite pieces of 'classical music' written since 1960?
I've been putting together a playlist for more recent modern/postmodern/contemporary music, wanted to see what people like to hear
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phantasmagloria · 2 years
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Irregular Frequencies 017: Klaus Schulze Tribute, Part I
In this two-part show, we pay tribute to the recently lost pioneering composer and synth master of electronic music, Klaus Schulze.
The electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze In this two-part show, we pay tribute to the recently lost pioneering composer and synth master, Klaus Schulze. Memorable for his expansive, spacey compositions and his astounding discography, spanning over 60 albums, we listen to some of his own (shorter) tracks, plus some of his work with Tangerine Dream and Ashra Temple, alongside collaborations with…
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musicainextenso · 2 years
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One of the composers I discovered for myself while researching for my Female Composers series was Caroline Shaw, and though that discovery first happened back in 2017, I clearly remember the time, two years later, when I discovered the wealth of her work for strings, beginning with everything on the album Orange, recorded by the Attacca Quartet. That was the real beginning of my love affair with Caroline Shaw’s music, and it carries on to this day. Since then, I’ve included her work in our Random Contemporary Music series as well, and now that all these series are coming to a close, I want to be sure to take the opportunity to highlight her one last time. Here she is playing solo piece, In nanus tuas, on “Articulate with Jim Cotter.” So beautiful and haunting.
Please enjoy! More to come as the series finale continues! - Melinda Beasi
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moonchild-in-blue · 22 days
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the day i learn how to play this it'll be over for you bitches (affectionate)
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sssleepylizard · 2 months
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So - this is a bit different. I'm working on writing an opera together with @strangesaturday which is based off of an idea for a Star Trek TNG fan fiction by @maid-of-the-golden-deer. We're in the process of getting it staged in London and the lovely organisation Help Musicians has decided to support this project with a grant. I apologise profusely that I made people look at my face instead of wonderful good-omens-related filth hehe : ) BUT we're hoping to get you all involved and - if you're near London - come and see the premiere in September this year! I don't know why "queer opera" isn't a tag yet - we're working on it!
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theshatterednotes · 9 months
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Oleksandr Yurchenko - Count to 100. Symphony #1 (edit 2001)
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sivavakkiyar · 8 months
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The Music Of Anthony Braxton: A System Of Possibilities, by Carl Testa
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ozkar-krapo · 2 months
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"Tellus #14 : Just Intonation"
(cassette. Tellus. 1986) [US]
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sjwallin · 4 months
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Glowing Review for Album, SHARDS
I received an amazing review of my latest album SHARDS in Fanfare Magazine​! Here are some of my favorite bits:
"Her music positively buzzes with energy…There is no doubting that Sarah Wallin Huff has a distinctive voice that is well worth hearing, and she is well served by a set of fine interpreters."
"There is no doubt that DodecaFunky is a great title…The “funk” element is rhythmically garlanded, so there is the impression of a level of extra complexity. The piano break around three minutes in is guaranteed to raise a smile, being compositionally cheeky and offering pianist Yuko Hagino the chance to shine (as she does). Brady is a fine flutist, a true mistress of her instrument, not least in the multiphonic moment. Wallin Huff’s sense of lightness is the mark of a versatile composer. This piece represents a nexus between hard bop, swing, and dodecaphony."
"The ensemble piece Of Roses and Lilies reveals another aspect of Wallin Huff’s output, full of repose and glowing timbral and harmonic beauty. The music is sometimes unashamedly expansive, post-Romantic and even filmic, and brilliantly written for solo soprano…and a six-member women’s chorus. It is only later that this is colored with more extended harmonies and somewhat clashing lines."
"A “Gothic Suite” based on poems by Edgar Allen Poe, Nevermore was composed for violist Charlotte Goode​ between 2019 and 2021. The first movement is “Raven”: A man pines for his lost lover, Lenore; a raven arrives and says the one word, “Nevermore,” mocking the narrator’s sorrow. The viola line is both long-breathed and longing; some gestures from Liszt’s dark side permeate the piano. The dedicatee is also the performer here, and Goode and Hagino work perfectly together. There is a real sense of illness to “Annabel Lee”… Goode’s tuning is perfect, her phrasing eloquent and heartfelt."
"The final piece [The Dark Glass Sinfonia] dates from 2017. I imagine Forteian pitch-class set analysis might have a field day here: the piece is hexachordally based, but blends free atonality with nodal harmonies in an attempt to represent the eternal flux of the Soul. This short work of less than eight minutes is fascinating in its harmonies: They seem pregnant with meaning and potential. The Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra Ostrava is in top form, with some particularly impressive trumpet solos. For all its background theory, there are moments of real harmonic warmth. The piece is subtitled “We See Through a Glass Darkly,” and until about five minutes in it keeps to the mood of the title; then an Ivesian riot ensues (slightly toned down from those of the Master). It certainly sounds like the Ostravans have fun here, as the performance takes on an energy akin to live performance. It has a rather filmic climax. This is a well-composed piece that traverses a wide terrain over its brief duration."
Read more detail at the link below!
And, if you haven't already, be sure to save this album on your favorite platform! :)
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hellocanticle · 4 months
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Not Just Another Black Composer Compilation: Kellen Gray Revives Neglected American Masterpieces
LINN CKD 731 For the humble listener, a musician’s technical and interpretive performance skills are one of the most compelling reasons to buy a concert ticket or a recording of said musician. But your humble reviewer has another, perhaps equally important reason for investing time and money in the work of a musician. And that skill is what I like to call “musical radar”. It is the (sometimes…
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I'm curious
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peymanfarzinpour-blog · 2 months
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"Shrotavyasya" is a piece I composed several years ago- thrilled that it's finally officially released online! The title translates from Sanskrit as "toward all that is to be heard". It was inspired by a couple of weeks I spent in Bali a few summers ago doing a yoga and meditation retreat, as well as by a huge Balinese gong I heard while I was there. In the piece, two percussionists and the pianist are in front on the stage, while the violin and cello are to the back left, behind the audience, and the flute and clarinet back right, also behind. The idea was to have a triangle of sound coming from three directions, representing the three main Hindu gods (which are represented in the composition, divided into three equal segments). Here is the premiere with ENSEMBLE / PARALLAX and Ionee Waterhouse's beautiful video:
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phantasmagloria · 1 year
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Storm Stereo #82: Vangelis 6354
We pay tribute to the emblematic Greek composer Vangelis, famous for his epic, synth-heavy compositions and soundtracks inspired equally by ancient history and outer space. RIP
Vangelis in his studio In this episode we pay tribute to the emblematic composer Vangelis. Famous for his award-winning movie soundtracks and his synth-heavy compositions that were literally composed by and for the universe, Vangelis remained an enigmatic and private person his whole life. From his early days as a musical child enjoying the vibrations of his mother’s grand piano and his rebel…
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zoeflake · 11 months
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Álvaro Barcala. Crossroads
youtube.com/@alvarobarcala   piano based and choral/polyphony music
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theextendedzodiacas · 3 months
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Hi! Could u please make a playlist for a bisexual Canpio girl who's interested in academia, art & music?
yes! finally posted! i hope you like what i put together, and please let me know if you need anything changed.
-mod 8ean
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