"Art is either plagiarism or revolution."
-Paul Gauguin
25
Apr
Now available on CDBaby, and soon on iTunes (and everywhere else!), a superb recording of my Interiors of a Courtyard, recorded in Naples by mandolinist Fabio Gallucci and guitarist Antonio Pilato! Enjoy.
05
Jan
Geoffrey Gordon’s chamber/vocal work, Tiger Psalms, after texts by poet Ted Hughes, selected as one of the Top Ten Performances of 2011 by Chicago Classical Review! Huge thanks—and congrats!—to Fulcrum Point New Music Project for their sensational performance!
11
Jul
Classical Music site, LastFM, features a radio function. Here’s mine ….
Here, via Instant Encore, are three excerpts from the premiere of my Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra, given by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, soloist Megumi Kanda (for whom the work was commissioned) and guest conductor James Gaffigan, January 14-15, 2011.
05
Jul
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01
Jul
Chicago, before Tiger Psalms premiere—walking along Michigan Ave, looking East, about 5pm, March 22, 2011.
Here is a link to the website of the exciting Dutch new music group, Het Vers Ensemble. I will be working with them next season …
29
Jun
Sones sueño del Maya, for orchestral winds and percussion, is based on fragments of Pre-Columbian Mayan music, passed down through generations, and captured on tape by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax. The title translates to “Dream Music of the Mayans,” a reference to the Mayan belief that melodies for their songs were often conceived while in a dream state. Flutes and marimba are the pillars of Mayan music, and provide the primary soundworld for this work.
The other element here is the Guatemalteco, a dance rhythm, in 6/8 time, with strong accents on the 3rd and 5th beats of the measure. (This is the source of the ostinato for the second half of the work.)
The performance is by the University of Wisconsin Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by James Smith, and recorded in Mills Concert Hall, Madison, on 12 October 2003.
(Source: soundcloud.com)
