Here’s a behind-the-scenes shot from baritone Thomas Hampson’s recent appearance with Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony for the world premiere of War Songs, Richard Danielpour’s newest orchestral song cycle. The program also featured Danielpour’s earlier song cycle Songs of…
Before the Seattle Chamber Music Society’s premiere of Derek Bermel’s piano trio Death With Interruptions, Jill Kimball of Second Inversion met with him to chat about the work. Kimball related his story about traveling in Ghana and how he was…
In his recent San Francisco Classical Voice review, Giancomo Fiore reflected on The Del Sol Quartet’s performance of Pierre Jalbert’s String Quartet No. 4. “The Fourth Quartet is in four movements, each evoking a different physical pattern in both title…
When the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra gave the Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Viola Concerto, Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times wrote, “[It] is conventional on the surface but richer in its inner working. It is a…
New to Blu Ray audio: Aaron Jay Kernis‘ Musica Celestis, presented on the Norwegian label 2L. Performed here in its string orchestra version by the Trondheim Soloists (led by Anita Brevik), Musica Celestis — Kernis’ most frequently performed work —…
Recently, The PostClassical Ensemble presented a program called “Bach and the Divine” at Georgetown’s Dumbarton Church in Washington, DC. Stephen Brookes of The Washington Post attended and noted the ensemble is “a group more known for revolution than reverence —…