“It's about chickens who want to go to outer space”: Composers Now Festival at JackNY

By Rebecca Lentjes, 20 February 2013

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Reviewed at Jack NY, New York City on 18 February 2013

Cohen, Long Count

Holland, Conference of the Birds (arr. Quiet City)

Schwartz, Wheel

Schwartz, Routes (Atlas no. 2)

Riley, A Rainbow in Curved Air

Panicker, Fix

Pinto, mini_001

Pinto, mini_004

Pinto, mini_005

Bell, Dial Tone

Rogers, Trajectories (excerpt)

Muchmore, Fr. VI.a-j

Sankaram, boxesBoxesBOXES

Rosenberg III, Chickenometry

Agócs, Hymn

Pinto, Saxophone Quartet (third movement)

Wohl, Microfluctuations in Plainchant

Gatto, Plastic Facts

Rogers, Urban Composites (II and III)

Bracken, Real Numbers

Xenakis, Okho

Quiet City

Elevator Rose

thingNY

Anti-Social Music

New Thread Quartet

Iktus Percussion

Back to the future: Iktus Percussion present Nono, Stockhausen and Kagel at Roulette

Meg Wilhoite, 21st May

The 1960s and 70s are famous for breakthrough developments in rock music, but the story was really no different for the field of art music during those decades. The advent of electronics seems to have instilled in composers a fresh thirst for sound-exploration and conceptual writing.

****1

Lost for words: Asmik Grigorian excels at Wigmore Hall

Roy Westbrook, 26th May

A first half of vocalises gives way to all Strauss after the interval as the Lithuanian superstar soprano helps Wigmore Hall celebrate its 125th anniversary.

****1

A self-congratulatory Cecilia Bartoli show at Salzburg Whitsun

Laura Servidei, 24th May

This year’s Salzburg Whitsun Festival gala, Ciao, bella ciao, features Cecilia Bartoli in a highly personalised musical programme structured as an autobiographical journey, unfolding as a blend of concert and self-portrait.

Sumptuous Sheffield Chamber Music Festival finale

Phil Parker, 23rd May

Ensemble 360 and soprano Claire Booth test to the limits the definition of ‘chamber music’ in this richly orchestral closing concert of the 2026 Sheffield Chamber Music Festival.

****1

More gold than corn: María Dueñas plays Korngold at the Barbican

Mark Pullinger, 22nd May

The young Spanish violinist proves an ardent advocate for a work originally dismissed as a “Hollywood Concerto” as the BBC Symphony Orchestra closes its Barbican season.

****1

Intimate colossus: Daniil Trifonov with the Rotterdam Philharmonic

Max Lima, 21st May

Late Brahms, early Schoenberg: under Lahav Shani and the Rotterdam Philharmonic draw tenderness from two monumental scores.

****1

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.