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SoundNotion 68: Contemporaneous Speaking

nate — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:31:17 +0000

On SN 68, David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly of Contemporaneous join the panel to talk opera on the silver screen, composer tantrums about opera, orchestral flash mobs, loud and proud Tchaikovsky by Hahn-Bin and the passing of beloved author Maurice Sendak.

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David Bloom and Dylan Mattingly of Contemporaneous join the panel this week. Follow, watch and listen but hurry. They move fast.
English National Opera artistic director John Berry says that the HD cinema experience is bad for opera. In a related story, medication is shown to be bad for sick people.
Composer Michael Nyman thinks the Royal Opera House should program a work by each UK tax payers (or he’s just off his rocker).
Children’s author (and librettist/set designer) Maurice Sendak dies at 83.
The Copenhagen Philharmonic flash mobs some Peer Gynt. For a different take on advanced flash mobbing – try this.
Hahn-Bin might be getting political with this performance of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.

Pick of the week:

Dylan Mattingly‘s Atlas of Somewhere (On the Way to Howland Island) – I. Radial Lift Off Music for Amelia Earhart (2010-2011), perf. Contemporaneous – Amazon MP3 – iTunes

Music is Hard 44: Lyrics

Dave — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:35:50 +0000

This week:
What is a lyric? Tim and Dave disagree. Can we translate the text without losing it’s meaning? Should we? What is lost (or gained) in translation? Thanks to Chloe Veltman for getting us started on the topic.

Link:
Chloe Veltman: Simultaneous Opera Translation

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Streamers and Punches 33: Silvestri, Assemble!

Dave — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:09:02 +0000

In this episode we look at some new scoring assignments, two interviews, a link to listen to The Avengers score, and we discuss Silvestri’s score to The Avengers as well.

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Here is a link to listen to The Avengers score by Alan Silvestri.
There is a concert of music by “Dexter” composer, Daniel Licht – 10 June 2012.
New score assignments: Jack White will score The Lone Ranger, Moby will score The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, Thomas Newman will score the next Soderbergh film, The Bitter Pill.
Two new interviews: David Shire and Alan Silvestri.
Slashfilm (/Film) podcast with guest Drew McWeeny from Hitfix.

SoundNotion 67: The Mozart Remix

Dave — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:17:09 +0000

Jeff Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol of the h2 Quartet join the panel to discuss their new album Groove Machine and discuss Apple’s classical music offerings, a retracted blog post on WQXR’s website, Joshua Bell on Dancing with the Stars, and more!

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Jeff Loeffert and Jonathan Nichol of the h2 quartet bring their Groove Machine to the SN panel.
“I think that the iPad should give the tuning note.”
Mozart named as front-man the New World Symphony’s late night classical/club music chimera – Pulse!
Joshua Bell ascends to the prestigious DWtS stage.
The Philadelphia Orchestra set to return from from bankruptcy.
Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys dead at 47.
Alarm Will Sound wants your prose for their Cage.
The Metropolitan Opera rolls in heavy on WQXR. The underwriter is always right.
#FoTS Rob Deemer wants to cause trouble in the department again.

Pick of the week:

Marc Mellits’s Revolution (2004), arr. Jonathan Nichol (2010), perf. h2 quartet – CD – Amazon MP3 – iTunes

Music is Hard 43: Movement

Dave — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:57:53 +0000

This week:
What happens when musicians become “dancers”? Do players bouncing and swaying around look like idiots, or do their motions contribute something to the performance? Is there a point at which a performers movements can actually detract from an otherwise strong performance?

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SoundNotion 66: No Repeats

nate — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:34:56 +0000

This week Douglas Boyce of counter)induction joins the panel. We take on music myths, creative programing, conflict in performance, Make Music, Occupy Guitarmy (yes Guitarmy), settlement in Louisville? NEWS FLASH: MUSIC + CHILDREN = EMPATHY.

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Douglas Boyce of counter)induction joins the panel this week. c)i’s new CD group theory from New Dynamic Records mixes up the mixed chamber ensemble.
Tom Service takes on five myths about contemporary classical music. We take on his take on the number and character of the myths.
The economic downturn brought no sympathy for the creative class.
The American Composers Orchestra Announces 21st Annual Underwood New Music Readings. The people’s choice winner gets to compose a ringtone!
Make Music NY is set for June 21st.
Occupy Guitarmy? “I got my first real six-string, Bought it at the five-and-dime…”
Find Kevin Puts’ Pulitzer Prize winning opera Silent Night for free-99 at NPR. Maybe this will cure the opera/pulitzer curse.
Louisville Orchestra management and labor may be headed for a settlement.
MUSIC + CHILDREN = EMPATHY

Pick of the week:

Douglas Boyce‘s Deixo | Sonata perf. counter)induction – Amazon MP3 – iTunes

Music is Hard 42: Encore

Dave — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:04:06 +0000

This week:
Chloe Veltman got us thinking about the nature of the encore. Why do people give encores? What is the value to the audience? What does it take to get a standing ovation? (hint: not much)

Link:
Veltman: “Boo to Encores”

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SoundNotion 65: Revolutions

nate — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:30:50 +0000

Rob Deemer and Charith Premawardhana join the panel to discuss anthologizing composers, the Tokyo String Quartet’s official goodbye, the music initiative Classical Revolution, Kevin Puts’s Pulitzer Prize win, and much more!

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Twice the guests, twice the fun. Charith Premawardhana founded Classical Revolution and #FoTS Rob Deemer fears a composer revolution after daring to pick three names for a book.
The Best Damn New Music Team (Frank J. Oteri, Emily Green and Rob Deemer) gives perspective as Anthologygate continues to unfold.
Classical Revolution holds its first international conference in Chicago – seminars and two live shows. Find a Classical Revolution chapter near you.
Tokyo String Quartet will be hanging it up after the 2012/2013 season.
The music world loses Dick Clark, Levon Helm and Greg Ham.
Kevin Puts wins the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in music for his opera Silent Night: Opera in Two Acts.

Pick of the week:

Corey Dargel‘s Every Day is the Same Day – “On This Date Every Year”

Music is Hard 41: Alt

Dave — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:56:29 +0000

This week:
Even the style-curmudgeons at the New York Times are throwing around terms like “alt-classical” and “indie-classical.” What do these terms mean? Are they valuable labels? Are any such labels helpful?

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Streamers and Punches 32: Get Reich

nate — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:05:29 +0000

In this episode we look at David Rodwin’s youtube rant regarding the score to The Hunger Games, and we talk about what we’ve been listening to this week. We also look at Roy Budd playing some of his score to the original Get Carter.

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There is a rant on youtube from David Rodwin claiming Steve Reich’s Three Movements for Orchestra was more memorably used in The Hunger Games than James Newton Howard’s score.
Kevin talks about the original score to Get Carter by Roy Budd.
Bill talks about the score to Unknown (Ottman, Rudd) and The Black Cauldron (E. Bernstein).