Isola di San Michele- Igor and Vera Stravinsky ( Wikipedia)
"In such an environment, a Temple for the Familiar if you will, new music—by its nature that which we have not before experienced—is doomed to failure, so the fact that Mackey’s piece, as stunning as it is, got any applause at all is a minor miracle." Frank Oteri
"Listen to some of today's leading composers and musicians as well as your favorite New York Public Radio hosts weigh in on the first time they heard Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, as part of next Wednesday's Rite of Spring Fever centennial celebration." Q2
"Co-productions are fine, whether in Mandarin or English, but don’t expect them to finance your quirky indie comedy or heartfelt drama unless it can shoot in China with Chinese elements." Robert Cain
"Losing market share to Claussen, the Vlasic executives wanted to take a hard look at a question that was, surprisingly, rarely asked: What kind of pickles did people really want?" Tom Vanderbilt
"Musically referencing American xenophobia ("Jihad Joe"), racial injustice ("Trayvon") and, most often, the plight of his native New Orleans in the shadow of Hurricane Katrina ("New New Orleans," "Danziger"), Scott is a continuation of the thread of social consciousness that has long run through the heart of jazz." Chris Barton
"But the album won me an award and some nice reviews and a profile as a soloist that I never intended let alone dreamed of having." Sally Whitwell
I'm spending the upcoming US holiday weekend listening to the music of Amadou & Mariam.
So for now, the "a" in "aworks" stands for "African", "Amadou", and/or "Attractive." This means no music with violin, well, except for Teree La Sebin. Unfortunately,I can't find an online version of that song so here's a recommended album instead:
"For aspiring tastemakers, especially those who view themselves as evangelists rather than snobs, the good news is that the sheer volume of musical options (and the ease with which we can listen) will always make it possible to stay ahead of people with less free time to do so." Stephen Thompson via Tim Niland
"Much better than I anticipated—but I’m a sucker for this kind of thing:" Lucas Schleicher
'In high school, the only radio stations I wanted to hear were the ones that weren’t playing “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac or “Hotel California” by the Eagles. I wasn’t in search of well-programmed radio stations that played the hits.' Sean Ross
"I didn’t even go to listen to most jazz groups anymore, because they were only playing the same musical licks that we played way back with Bird, over and over again; that, along with some of the things that Coltrane introduced, and maybe Ornette." Miles Davis via Thomas Patteson
"Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass make a film together only once every decade, so yesterday's news that Reggio's new film will finally premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8th is a very exciting development." Richard Guérin
Milton Babbitt in Juilliard School of Music, 1999 (Wikipedia)
'Polish Folk Songs, inspired by song sung at his grandmother's funeral, juxtaposes fragments of southern Polish folk songs, allowing them to, in the words of the composer, "bump heads as well as to interact peacefully."' WQXR
"In fact, I think that will be its core (though probably implicit) value proposition: interacting with cool people that you don’t know, or don’t know that well." Josh Miller
"Right now, though, I'm all too painfully aware of all those composers who may be on your lists but who didn't make the 50 chapters of the guide, all of whom could have done: Milton Babbitt, Giacinto Scelsi, Mauricio Kagel, Steve Martland, Michael Gordon, Mark-Anthony Turnage, James MacMillan, Henryk Górecki, Krzysztof Penderecki, Howard Skempton, Julian Anderson, Christopher Fox, Michael Nyman, Salvatore Sciarrino, Christian Wolff, Sofia Gubaidulina, Jo Kondo, Richard Barrett, Frederic Rzewski, Paavo Heininen." Tom Service
"Nothing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's repertoire calls for 135-ton trains." Mike Boehm
"The opening strum is pure Duane Eddy, the deep swelling rumble that summons up vast empty geographic spaces, but the way the tremulous tone continues to reverberate sounds more like something out of Robert Moog’s workshop." Mark Weidenbaum
"Some point to religious fanaticism that sees music as a distraction from single-minded devotion." Sujatha Fernandes
Palestine: "i met z'ev in amsterdam!! i'd known him for 20 years before he suggested one day that we perform together, which we did at lem barcelona in 2007!! later after seeing and hearing the carillon at my studio in brussels he suggested that we perform and record together there, which we did in 2010!!"
Long and either unique or commonplace, not sure yet:
"The party will begin with an announcement that our beloved Dave Skidmore, of Third Coast Percussion, has been (fake) murdered and it is up to the attendees to solve the mystery of his death."Arlene & Larry Dunn
"But from the orchestra's point of view, however, it's Sheherazade that's the delicate work." Daniel Wolf
"It’s a tribute to that wonderful Hollywood blockbuster Ocean’s Eleven (2001)." Sally Whitwell
" It seems reasonable, though, given the limits of human activity, that for every one of those plays there must be hundreds and thousands that have shorter runs." Charles Shere
" Both recently passed away and I’m very grateful I got a chance to speak with them about their music for Signal to Noise." Christian Carey
"We have so many choices and so much control over what we want to listen to and when, it’s sometimes hard to imagine a time when if you wanted to hear for favorite song, you stayed on alert waiting for it to come up in rotation." Evan Tucker
"Notable tracks I'm currently listening to. Newest additions at the top." Robert Gable
"In total, there are 53 channels now courting for cash, with very limited music content (for now)." Paul Resnikoff
"Musicians will now be able to collect gold plaques for songs that log 500,000 or more streams, platinum for those that top the 1 million mark and a multi-platinum honor for any that hit the 2 million figure." Randy Lewis
"Rdio New Releases by Genre 2013-05-06 · 360 genres." Glenn McDonald
"So I spent years just doing like picking exercises with a metronome just trying to get that hand up to speed because it was weaker." Mary Halvorson via Rodger Coleman
"Thick electronic tension that drones and seethes." Experimedia
"It was really a turning point for me, having the opportunity to really get inside Philip Glass’s music." Sally Whitwell
