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Melodia Women's Choir Announces 2008-9 Season

2008-11-08 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...MURAIL ON ONDES MARTENOT Melodia Womens Choir, conducted by Cynthia Powell, praised by WNYC for their elegance and ringing tones, announces their 2008-09 season of concerts and premieres The fall performances by the 28-member choir of singers will be titled Wrapped In Song, a holiday concert featuring womens voices and harp with harpist...
 
Tags: ondes, ondes martenot player, choir, melodia, ondes martenot, melodia womens choir, holiday concert, concert, festival
 
 
 
 
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Composer of the Day!

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2008-04-14 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...Murail 1947 Murail is a French-born composer who pioneered and developed the technique of spectralism The general idea is to use the entire overtone series as a basis for harmony as a substitute for traditional triadic-based music (which is, arguably, based on the same principles). In the 1970s, several (mostly) French composers sought...
 
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Best of 2007.

2007-12-28 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
...Murail Winter Fragments (Aeon) Michel Galante's excellent Argento Chamber Ensemble made its CD debut with crystalline landscapes from a modern French master 6. Sibelius and Lindberg Violin Concertos (Sony Classical) Lisa Batiashvili reveled in the cool fire of Sibelius's familiar showpiece, and introduced a new classic by Lindberg 7. Bridget...
 
Tags: top, top vocal cd, music, steve reich music, classical recordings, non-classical recordings, bard music festival, classical, sony classical
 
 
 
 
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BBC SO axes Composer Weekends in favour of Composer Days

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2008-01-21 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
In a surprise move, the BBCSO has announced that it will no longer continue its annual January Composer Weekends beyond 2008 Instead, there will be Composer Days scattered between January and March, next year focusing on Stockhausen, Murail and Xenakis More here: http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/bbcso-composer-0108.shtml Any reactions to...
 
Tags: composer days, surprise move, decision, xenakis, reactions, murail, bbcso, march, shtml
 
 
 
 
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Pan Cogito Returns From His End Of Summer Holiday With The Score To Manuel de Falla's Atlàntida [1946] And A Refreshed Autumn Listening List

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2008-09-04 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
...Murail Tristan : Winter Fragments - 2000 17-03-2005 : Maresz Yan : Entrelacs - 1998 17-03-2005 : Mochizuki Misato : Chimera - 2000 10-03-2006 : Mantovani Bruno : La Morte Meditata - 1999 10-03-2006 : Bedrossian Franck : It - 2005 10-03-2006 : Eötvös Peter : Intervalles-Intérieurs - 1981 16-03-2006 : Fafchamps Jean-Luc : Mot Souffi :...
 
Tags: falla, manuel, reich steve, complutense university, hosokawa toshio, mantovani bruno, maresz yan, mochizuki misato, pauset brice
 
 
 
 
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A Sexual Act Between Consenting Players - RedOrbit

2008-09-09 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
A Sexual Act Between Consenting Players RedOrbit, TX - 13 hours ago this was a magnificent performance from Rattle, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard and ondes martenot player Tristan Murail . Speaking of music and sex
 
Tags: sexual act, pianist pierre-laurent aimard, players, redorbit, magnificent performance, hours ago, rattle, sex, music
 
 
 
 
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Septembers New Encounters

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2008-09-30 04:01:28 by David Salvage in Sequenza21/
...Murail, Im very impressed by the ability of contemporary French-inspired composers to cook up new tone colors. That said, Matalons score, which otherwise reinforces the film nicely, goes to sleep shortly after the start of the films Furioso section and remains horribly somnolent through the drowning of the workers city. Thankfully, things...
 
Tags: symphony, timean approachable symphony, san francisco symphony, jenningss music, music, short piano pieces, martin matalon, pieces, matalon
 
 
 
 
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Gérard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques - Musical Criticism

2008-10-16 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
Gérard Grisey: Les espaces acoustiques Musical Criticism, UK - 34 minutes ago come to have been given the moniker of spectral music (to the predictable disapproval of Grisey and Tristan Murail , the other main composer involved
 
Tags: grisey, les espaces acoustiques, musical criticism, grard grisey, predictable disapproval, tristan murail, minutes ago, main composer, spectral music
 
 
 
 
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The Xanthos Ensemble - BU Today

2008-12-13 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
The Xanthos Ensemble BU Today, MA - Nov 26, 2008 Tristan Murail - 13 couleurs du soeil couchant, Scelsi Okanagon - Elliott Carter Triple Duo, Peter Maxwell Davies - Eight Songs for a Mad King
 
Tags: xanthos ensemble, peter maxwell davies, tristan murail, soeil couchant, scelsi okanagon, songs, mad, couleurs, nov
 
 
 
 
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Classical Listings - New York Times

2009-01-01 00:00:00 by newmusicrebloggers in New Music reBlog
 
Classical Listings New York Times, United States - 2 hours ago On Thursday, Ludovic Morlot conducts the United States premiere of Gondwana by the French spectral composer Tristan Murail ; Messiaens Oiseaux Exotiques