Kramer's compositional process borrows liberally from his own stock of draft material which he reworks and contextualizes within new pieces
In this sense, the overarching listening experience on this album can be understood as viewing the fruits of a carefully tended garden of musical ideas
Out now — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade
Solos, duos & trios for winds, strings, piano & guitar by composer Peter Kramer, featuring Longleash, clarinetist & recordist Zachary Good, bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward, guitarist Daniel Lippel, and Kramer himself on piano
From composer Peter Kramer's new album To a Green Thought in a Green Shade coming out Friday, here's Pietà performed by Longleash
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Featuring performances here by Kramer alongside several of his colleagues, his debut full length recording showcases his openness to material drawn from different aesthetic "camps," all in service of his reflective, introspective voice
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Coming out this Friday — Peter Kramer: To a Green Thought in a Green Shade
Peter Kramer cultivates a compositional library of ideas from which he draws on and fashions lyrical, thoughtful music
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Trilogía del Dolor blends music and poetry to explore the complexities of the human experience of pain. Going beyond common idealizations, the trilogy seeks to spark conversations and challenge taboos around pain
Out now — Wilfrido Terrazas: Trilogía del Dolor
An album length work by composer Wilfrido Terrazas exploring the complexities of pain
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Going beyond common idealizations, the trilogy seeks to spark conversations and challenge taboos around pain
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Coming out this Friday — Wilfrido Terrazas: Trilogía del Dolor
Flutist & composer Wilfrido Terrazas presents Trilogía del Dolor (Trilogy of Pain), a collection of works blending music & poetry to explore the complexities of the human experience of pain
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The collection demonstrates the ensembles’ versatility, from metrically intricate, virtuosic interlocking lines, to spacious, delicate textures, to cathartic, vigorous drumming
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Out now — Portland Percussion Group: Patterns & Form
Three new works written for the Portland Percussion Group by Alejandro Viñao, Mendel Lee, and Daniel Webbon
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Rathaus' work reflects influences of some of the avant-garde directions of Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Bartók, while remaining grounded in late romantic sensibilities
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Coming out tomorrow — Karol Rathaus: Piano Sonata No. IV, Op. 58
Pianist Donald Pirone releases Karol Rathaus' expansive Piano Sonata No. IV, a culminating work of a composer/pianist who had fled the political instability in Europe in the 1930s
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Highlighting the ensembles’ virtuosity and range, the works also demonstrate the diversity of compositional approaches to percussion ensemble writing in the current contemporary music scene
Coming out this Friday — Portland Percussion Group: Patterns & Form
Portland Percussion Group’s newest release features three works commissioned by the ensemble by Alejandro Viñao, Mendel Lee, and Daniel Webbon
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The two works on the album, sunder & Lightning Field, reflect Musa’s interest in place, perception, and the ways sound can reveal hidden relationships within constructed and natural environments
Out now — Mariel Roberts Musa: Sunder
Two works by composer & cellist Mariel Roberts Musa, featuring pianist Conor Hanick, and cellists Felix Fan & Roberts Musa herself
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From composer & cellist Mariel Roberts Musa's new album Sunder coming out tomorrow, here's a track from the title work performed by pianist Conor Hanick
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Sunder is built from recordings made directly on the U.S.–Mexico border wall, allowing the piano to interact with the wall’s subtle resonances and surrounding environment
Lightning Field draws inspiration from Walter De Maria’s land artwork, translating its sense of vast space into sound
Coming out this Friday — Mariel Roberts Musa: Sunder
Listening is central to composer Mariel Roberts Musa’s music, which engages landscapes shaped by physical presence, human meaning, and the subtle intersections of sound and politics
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Photo credits: Alireza Amirhajebi by AmirAli Piroozbakhsh, Laibach (Janez Gabrič, Luka Jamnik, Milan Fras, Donna Marina Mårtensson, Jani Novak) via the artists, Alireza Mashayekhi via Toos Foundation, Kalevi Aho by Kuva Rajattu, Marc-André Hamelin by Benjamin Ealovega, Anthony Braxton via Mosaic Records, Creative Orchestra Music 1976 artwork by Frederick J. Brown, Anahita Abbasi by Michael Schell, Nasim Khorassani via the artist, Wet Ink Ensemble (Antonio, Lesser, Pluta, Mincek, Soper, Wubbels, Modney) via the artists, Ata Ebtekar AKA Sote via the artist, Iranian Female Composers Association by Deniz Khateri, Hiyoli Togawa by Anne Hornemann. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
Tonight Flotation Device begins its 50-year celebration to Anthony Braxton's Creative Orchestra Music 1976. Plus a salute to the Iranian avant-garde (w/Sote, IFCA & Laibach), and new albums by Kalevi Aho and Marc-André Hamelin.
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The second part of a trilogy of large-scale works inspired in part by the music of the Maghreb, l’Algérie is the most introspective and autobiographical piece of the project, drawing on the composer’s own family heritage and deeply personal exploration of the area’s richly varied musical traditions
Out now — Richard Carrick: l’Algérie
An album length work by composer Richard Carrick inspired by the music of the Maghreb in North Africa, featuring the Either/Or Ensemble
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From composer & pianist Richard Carrick's new album length work coming out tomorrow, here's a movement from l’Algérie performed by Either/Or Ensemble
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This newest album-length work, performed by Either/Or Ensemble, l’Algérie is the second part of a trilogy of large-scale works inspired in part by the music of the Maghreb region of North Africa, drawing on Carrick's own family background and a fresh approach to the region's diverse musical heritage
Coming out this Friday — Richard Carrick: l’Algérie
Composer & pianist Richard Carrick's recent work fuses his penchant for long form composition, fluency in extended techniques, versatile performance practice and interest in structured improvisation
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Tonight's Geography of Sound will focus on new recordings with chamber works by Daniel Pesca, Mark Abel and Christopher Stark.
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Viola Revival champions works by three significant African American composers, Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay, and Margaret Bonds, each of whom made significant contributions to the concert music community of their day
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Out now — Jonathan Bagg: Viola Revival — Mid-Century Works by Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay & Margaret Bonds
Three viola and piano sonatas from mid-century American composers Marion Bauer, Ulysses Kay, and Margaret Bonds, performed by violist Jonathan Bagg with pianists Emely Phelps and Mimi Solomon
