I've published some reviews and articles without writing them up here. In reverse chronological order
- Sarah Cahill at Old First Church, a first-class recital of new and unfamiliar older music, including my first hearing of any of Ann Southam's gorgeous piano music.
- SF Symphony Cutbacks: Incidental or Significant? News article on SoundBox and SFS's finances, written with Janos Gereben.
- Dido's Ghost, at Philharmonia Baroque. My first exposure to the music of Errolynn Wallen; an uneasy extension of Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, well performed but it didn't exactly work for me.
- The Emissary, Opera Parallèle. A short, sweet opera based on Yoko Tawada's short, rather less sweet, novel of a dystopian future.
- The JACK Quartet plays music of John Luther Adams. An extraordinary performance of amazing music.
I love Ann Southam's music--glad you got to hear some live!
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to have to pick up a couple of CDs.
ReplyDeleteSomething I didn't get into the review: Evan Ziporyn's piece on Sarah Cahill's recital managed to wedge 500+ measures of music onto two pages, through canny use of repeat signs. I can't imagine.