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Matteo: 300 Years of an Italian Cello
Meeting of the Spirits
Figment
Odd Couple
J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
After Reading Shakespeare
VinylCello
Live at the Knitting Factory
Après Moi, le Déluge
Mozart the Mason
Goulash!
Epilogue
Anthem
Hyperstring Trilogy
The Rose Album
Lemons Descending
J. S. Bach: 6 Suites for Cello Solo
PAUL MORAVEC: “Northern Lights Electric” = Northern Lights Electric; Clarinet Concerto; Sempre Diritto!; Montserrat: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra – David Krakauer, clarinet/Matt Haimovitz, cello/Boston Modern Orch. Project/Gil Rose – BMOP/sound 1024; 70:42 [Distr. by Albany] ****:
Paul Moravec’s music, for me, is consistently bracing, exhilarating and entertaining. Continue reading
Given that Koyaanisqatsi, Philip Glass‘s first collaboration with film director Godfrey Reggio, stands alongside Einstein on the Beach as one of those rare instances where experimental culture Continue reading
“Vilna Poems / Akoka: The End of Time / In Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising” read the title sheet of the Jewish Music Festival’s concert at Berkeley Repertory Theatre on Saturday. I didn’t get the connection. Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania. Quatuor pour la Fin du temps is a famous quartet by the French Catholic mystic Olivier Messiaen. So? Continue reading
Moravec: Montserrat (Cello Concerto) (22:28) BMOP/Sound
Matt Haimovitz, cello; Boston Modern Orchestra Project / Gil Rose
Moravec’s cello concerto pays tribute to Pablo Casals and the mountaintop monastery that became Continue reading
You know you have talent to burn, Continue reading
Paul Moravec: Northern Lights Electric and Thomas Oboe Lee: Six Concertos. BMOP/sound.
Musical quibbles aside, the performances on both albums from Boston Modern Music Project’s in-house label, BMOP/sound, are top-notch.
While the overall situation for American orchestras appears rather grim these days, how fortunate it is that the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) and music director Gil Rose continue their vital undertaking of championing Continue reading
“Location, location, location” is the mantra of real estate, but for centuries geographical locales have also been a boon to the imagination of many a composer. Continue reading
Northern Lights Electric, the title track on the Boston Modern Orchestra Project‘s 24th(!) self-released recording in five years, demonstrates just how finely matched the Project is to the album’s star composer, Paul Moravec. The polished Continue reading
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These days it’s not unusual to find classical musicians performing in unlikely venues — pubs, clubs and out-of-the-way places. But long before this trend took hold there was Matt Haimovitz. Continue reading
