New York’s Glass Farm Ensemble

Von Kurt Gottschalk, 30 Juni 2019

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York City, am 27 Juni 2019

Matthusen, In Absentia

Ablinger, Voices and Piano

Corrales, Folk You Too!

Moser, An Anecdote, a Poem and a Scene

Demierre, 17, for 4 instruments

Hoffman, La vie est facile ne t'inquiète pas

Pauline Kim Harris, Violine

Alice Teyssier, Flöte

Marianna Gythfeldt, Klarinette

Yvonne Troxler, Klavier

ICE shows a new and exciting side of Dai Fujikura at Miller Theatre

Kurt Gottschalk, 5th March

Building on 15 years of collaboration with the ensemble, Gilded Wings (for two clarinets and strings) revealed a new maturity in Fujikura's always enjoyable music.

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Sounds of darkness in Cantata Profana's “Visions of Silence”

Kurt Gottschalk, 18th January

An eerie program of resonant sounds and sacred songs overtakes New York’s St Peter's Chelsea with Alvin Lucier, Salvatore Sciarrino and Galina Ustvokskaya alongside 17th-century works for an evening not short on drama.

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New Opera Days in Ostrava

Frank Kuznik, 28th June

A round-up report from the four-day festival of new opera in Ostrava; After four nights of living on the edge, polished, finished pieces will never seem as interesting again.

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Junge Wilde kamen, spielten und siegten bei den Münchner Symphonikern

Benedikt Zacher, 19th April

Geiger Guido Sant’Anna und Cellist Jaemin Han erobern die Bühne der Isarphilharmonie mit Brahms' Doppelkonzert.

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Auferweckt: Gardiners Oster-Bach beim Heidelberger Frühling

Jens Klier, 10th April

Die Jahrzehnte dauernde Rückkehr des Dirigenten nach Heidelberg avanciert zu einem ergreifenden, begeisternden Fest von Botschaft und Musik, mit dem er interpretatorisch weiter in fast eigener Liga spielt.

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Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

Thomas Schacher, 4th April

Chor und Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent und ihr charismatischer Leiter Philippe Herreweghe, längst Legenden der historischen Aufführungspraxis, beweisen, dass die Doppelchörigkeit der Matthäus-Passion nicht nur ein Stereo-Phänomen ist.

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

New York’s Glass Farm Ensemble takes on unsung compositions of text-based work