elliott carter

My review of the new disc of late works by Elliott Carter is up at Burning Ambulance. As always, be sure to peruse the rest of the site while you're there.

beth levin

My review of Beth Levin's new disc of romantic piano music is up at Burning Ambulance. Please check out the rest of the site while you are there.

jason eckardt - subject

Burning Ambulance has my review of Jason Eckardt's new CD, Subject, Since BA doesn't include disc details as a heading, here they are:

ECKARDT: Subject; Paths of Resistance; Trespass; Flux; Tongues. Tony Arnold, soprano; Alice Teyssier, Eric Lamb, flutes; Grace Hong, oboe; Andrew McCollum Campbell MacDonald, clarinets; Wendy Everett, bassoon; Danielle Bogacz, horn; Matthew Jenkins, Ross Karre, percussion; Marilyn Nonken, piano; Jordan Dodson, Daniel Lippel, guitar; Erin Ponto, harp; Christopher Otto, Ari Streisfeld, Yuncong Zhang, Jeffrey Young, violin; John Pickford Richards, Hanna Shaw, Wendy Richman, viola; Kevin McFarland, Jay Campbell, Gabrielle Athayde, cello; Laura Dykes, bass; Timothy Weiss, David Fulmer, conductors. TZADIK 9006. 70 minutes.

An interview with Mr. Eckardt will appear soon.

miranda cuckson - melting the darkness

She knows them all; trust me.

My review of Miranda Cuckson's exciting and challenging new disc, Melting the Darkness, is up at Burning Ambulance.

gerald cohen

Review of clarinet music by Gerald Cohen at Sequenza21.

music for one musician

The redesigned Burning Ambulance launches today. One of the new offerings is my review of Rough Fields' recording of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians.

erik carlson, violin

Review at Sequenza21.

douglas detrick - the bright and rushing world

Review at Sequenza21

george heathco - ravens & radishes

Review at Sequenza21

prism quartet - music from china ensemble

Review at Sequenza21.

mary kathleen ernst, piano

Review at Sequenza21.

mason bates

Review in Sequenza21 

dan becker

Review at Sequenza21

carter sessions eckardt

My review can be found at BurningAmbulance.

vijay iyer: mutations

My review of Vijay Iyer's Mutations is up at Burning Ambulance.

gilgamesh

Today I make a triumphal return to the pages of Burning Ambulance with my short review of Éva Polgár and Sándor Vály’s Gilgamesh. More to come soon.

darcy james argue

My review of Darcy James Argue's Secret Society's new disc, Brooklyn Babylon, is up at Burning Ambulance. (Photo above by James Matthew Daniel, from stereophile.com)

While we're on the subject of Burning Ambulance, a new issue is out, with a wealth of fine writing on jazz and metal. Please check it out.

his life on the plains

Lee Hyla

My review of Lee Hyla's new disc of music for small ensemble, My Life on the Plains, is up at Burning Ambulance.

An interview I did with Mr. Hyla a few years ago can be found here.

More later.

nico muhly

and who doesn't?

Today in Burning Ambulance, I review Nico Muhly's Drones.

tallahassee symphony orchestra i

Igor Stravinsky in 1910

The Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra began its new season this past Saturday evening. Your humble blogger was there.

More comments on the concert and the Symphony's music director search as the week progresses.

The Orchestra is soliciting comments from audience members here