A Far Cry
Happily, the string orchestra A Far Cry has the skill to back up its good intentions with good music.
A Far Cry’s program of new and old music revealed that the simplest gestures can generate wonder.
Thanks to a blend of compositional technique and solid musical grounding in each of the works, “Flames to Ashes” exceeded easy categorization.
The Crier’s program pairs three composers one doesn’t always find together. As is likewise the norm with this group and their selections, everything somehow connects – and on multiple levels.
The music swelled as the early universe spun …
A triumphant disc from A Far Cry, some fresh thinking from Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Israel Philharmonic, and Thomas Hampson, a great purveyor of American song, focuses on Chicago.
This is a sound I’ve never heard before at a chamber concert: over twenty musicians breathing in unison.
Sometimes new music isn’t really new and old music isn’t actually old; the best of it exists on some other plane entirely.
Music Commentary: Top Classical Performances and Recordings of 2017
A line-up of concerts, performances, and recordings that, as 2017 draws to its close, I can’t, for one reason or many, shake from my memory.
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