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Tag: classical music

Quatuor Bozzini and Linda Catlin Smith Talk the Art of Interpretation

Music
By Quatuor Bozzini | April 11, 2025
By Quatuor Bozzini | April 11, 2025

Quatuor Bozzini and Linda Catlin Smith Talk the Art of Interpretation

The collaborators catch up in celebration of the quartet’s 25th anniversary.

isomonstrosity Break Down the Creation of Their Pandemic Symphony Record

Music
By isomonstrosity | November 18, 2022
By isomonstrosity | November 18, 2022

isomonstrosity Break Down the Creation of Their Pandemic Symphony Record

The trio talk the genesis of the project and more with Brassland’s co-founder.

Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) and Billy Wild Talk Glenn Gould, Goodie Mob and Bach

Music
By U.S. Girls | February 8, 2022
By U.S. Girls | February 8, 2022

Meg Remy (U.S. Girls) and Billy Wild Talk Glenn Gould, Goodie Mob and Bach

The collaborators dive deep on sampling the Canadian classical pianist.

Three Great Things: Max Richter

Music
By Max Richter | April 5, 2021
By Max Richter | April 5, 2021

Three Great Things: Max Richter

The eminent contemporary composer, currently the subject of the Mubi documentary Max Richter's Sleep, shares three things that he loves.

A Record of A Record Of…

Music
By Adam Sliwinski | February 10, 2021
By Adam Sliwinski | February 10, 2021

A Record of A Record Of…

Adam Sliwinski (Sō Percussion) on creating a “new entity” with Buke and Gase on their new collaborative album.

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

Music
By Ethan Iverson | June 18, 2014
By Ethan Iverson | June 18, 2014

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Harrison Birtwistle’s Chamber Music

Sir Harrison Birtwistle has always dared to ask the hard questions, searching for the most extreme expression that angular modernism can find.

Roger C. Miller (Mission of Burma) Talks the Bad Plus’ The Rite of Spring

Music
By Roger C. Miller | April 7, 2014
By Roger C. Miller | April 7, 2014

Roger C. Miller (Mission of Burma) Talks the Bad Plus’ The Rite of Spring

I was fascinated with Igor Stravinsky's 1913 The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) long before I realized how radical it was in...

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Marc-André Hamelin’s Busoni: Late Piano Music

Music
By Ethan Iverson | February 5, 2014
By Ethan Iverson | February 5, 2014

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus) Talks Marc-André Hamelin’s Busoni: Late Piano Music

Some composers are more about other music than others. Perhaps no one was about other music more than Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924), the virtuosic...

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus, the Billy Hart Quartet) Talks Andreas Staier’s …pour passer la mélancolie

Music
By Ethan Iverson | October 11, 2013
By Ethan Iverson | October 11, 2013

Ethan Iverson (the Bad Plus, the Billy Hart Quartet) Talks Andreas Staier’s …pour passer la mélancolie

While today “melancholy” simply means being sad, it used to mean a variety of introspective attitudes and, as they were called back then, humors.

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