A varied buffet of fresh musical experiences from recent decades and from the mid-1700s.
Gunther Schuller
Opera CD Review: Gunther Schuller’s Splendid 1970 Children’s Opera Gets Its World-Premiere Recording
A Grimm, but not grim, opera about a Fisherman, his Wife, their Cat, and a wish-granting Flounder.
Music Feature: Best Classical Performances of 2015
Of course, it’s a tricky business to summarize a classical music scene as busy and wide as Boston’s.
Concert Review: Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s Gunther Schuller Memorial
As a composer, Gunther Schuller’s legacy is complex and has yet to be settled. Sorting through it all will constitute a great, welcome adventure.
Music Commentary: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — Ave Sine Vale
The great mistake we make as listeners or viewers is passivity. Music deserves and needs our active involvement.
Music Appreciation: Gunther Schuller –The Eloquent Ear
Gunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.
Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Zebra in the Room
Much more work could be done fertilizing the fields of cross-cultural music, sowing seeds collected from the great touchstones of American culture – innovation, integration, risk, reward.
Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto — The Straddlers, Part One
Time to look at the maverick mavericks, composers with feet firmly planted on either side of the dividing line between jazz and classical.
Fuse Music Commentary Series: Jazz and the Piano Concerto –Revisiting the Jazz Side
What I’ve learned from three years of research and listening is that the piano concerto is an ideal vehicle with which individual composers can experiment
Fuse Concert Review: NEC Winds Play Mingus, Schuller, Babbitt (and More)
The five compositions and one de facto suite played at the NEC Winds and Winds Ensemble performance spoke with six different voices and carried six different messages.