Wednesday, September 28, 2011

NewMusicBox » New England's Prospect: Looking Backward

From http://www.newmusicbox.org By Matthew Guerrieri

Maybe it's the city's surplus of heritage, maybe it's autumnal reminiscence, or maybe it's just a coincidence, but the start of the season in Boston brought a bumper crop of new music deliberately glancing off older music and/or styles. ... Ryan Chase's txts fm györgy, with clarinetist Marguerite Levin joining Balandrin, Means, and Carey, amplified Ligeti's cheeky side into bright, pop-art saturation, quick-fire riffs (primarily on the late-period, ostinato-driven Ligeti of the Etudes and the Horn ...

Original at http://www.newmusicbox.org

No comments:

Post a Comment