Composer Mario Davidovsky remembered in rural Vermont

By Kurt Gottschalk, 27 July 2020

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Reviewed at YellowBarn, Putney on 23 July 2020

Davidovsky, Synchronisms

Seth Knopp, Piano

Lizzie Burns, Double Bass

Yasmina Spiegelberg, Clarinet

Coleman Itzkoff, Cello

Alice Ivy-Pemberton, Violin

Susan Narucki, Soprano

Tunes for the Moon at Vermont's Yellow Barn

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th July

On the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, the musicians of Yellow Barn played a wide-ranging program of works inspired by the night sky.

****1

Dallas JFK tribute

Bachtrack reviewer, 23rd November

Silence spoke volumes in this tribute to John F. Kennedy at the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, which contained pieces by Messiaen, Steven Mackey and John Cage.

*****

How to Fall Apart: AMOC tackles climate change through dance

Erin Bomboy, 10th February

Combining musicians and dancers on stage, American Modern Opera Company’s How to Fall Apart filters the bombast of dramatic opera through the esoterica of downtown dance.

***11

Tunes for the Moon at Vermont's Yellow Barn

Kurt Gottschalk, 20th July

On the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, the musicians of Yellow Barn played a wide-ranging program of works inspired by the night sky.

****1

Full-fat Four Seasons from Richard Egarr and the LPO

Roy Westbrook, 22nd January

Two works by African American composers accompanied this 18th century music, now globally the most famous we have, which virtually disappeared until the middle of the last century.

***11

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

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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.