Feminist in the Concert Hall
NPR Covers “Cold Mountain”
NPR's Morning Edition covered Jennifer Higdon's new opera, Cold Mountain. The work, which has been in development for over two years, premiered last weekend to a sold out audience in Santa Fe. It will be heard in Philadelphia later this year. Paul Ingles interviewed...
Written by Mrs. Bach
The long awaited, and much debated, documentary that investigates the role of Anna Magdalena Bach as not only wife but collaborator and, most controversially, composer of the Cello Suites, is now available online. The evidence uncovered and explored by musicologist...
Monday Link Roundup: August 3
Some news to start the week: Anna Meredith's Smatter Hauler, a BBC Commission, received its World Premiere at The Proms - you can listen to a recording of the performance online here. Alex Ross attended a performance of The Wreckers and wrote about it for The New...
Amy Beach at Toronto Summer Music
There will be a great treat tonight for classical music lovers attending the Toronto Summer Music Festival - a performance of Amy Beach's Piano Quintet in F-Sharp Minor, op. 67. Tickets and more information about the concert this evening is available here. This rarely...
Tansey Davies Interview
British composer Tansey Davies, who will have a new work performed at the BBC Proms this year, was interviewed by Sinfini Music. Davies work is an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary approaches to music, and has received much well-deserved attention in recent...
Featured Guest Blogger: Amy Zigler reviews “The Wreckers”
Dr. Amy Zigler is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. She specializes in music of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on the cultural study of chamber music, the social history of music in Germany and Great Britain,...