New York’s Glass Farm Ensemble

Par Kurt Gottschalk, 30 juin 2019

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Critique faite à Peter Norton Symphony Space, New York, le 27 juin 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, Violon

Alice Teyssier, Flûte

Marianna Gythfeldt, Clarinette

Yvonne Troxler, Piano

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.

*****

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.

****1

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.

****1

Pierre, le loup et l’opium : étrange soirée à la Philharmonie

Tristan Labouret, 20th May

L'Orchestre de Paris a proposé un drôle d'attelage en associant le conte pour enfants de Prokofiev et la sombre Symphonie fantastique de Berlioz, laissant une impression mitigée.

***11

Le Quatuor Modigliani champion d’Europe à Radio France

Pierre Michel, 19th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Turina au Souvenir de Florence de Tchaïkovski en passant par Debussy, le quatuor a montré un même sens éblouissant du collectif.

*****

Rouvali, Gabetta et le Concertgebouw dans leur royaume à Bozar

Patrice Lieberman, 16th May

Dans un programme qui allait de Dvořák à Ravel en passant par le rare Concerto n° 1 pour violoncelle de Martinů brillamment interprété par Sol Gabetta, l'orchestre amstellodamois et son chef invité ont atteint des sommets.

*****

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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