Category Archives: Modern Composition

Glacis ~ Borders

Previously on the Borders series … In the first episode we covered the launch of Glacis‘ epic four-album project, released six months at a time and now culminating in a four-LP box set (with each segment also available separately).  The project

Glacis ~ Borders

Previously on the Borders series … In the first episode we covered the launch of Glacis‘ epic four-album project, released six months at a time and now culminating in a four-LP box set (with each segment also available separately).  The project

Clare O’Connell ~ Light Flowing

In standard verbiage, light tends to glow, to shine, to radiate. In summoning an image of light as something that might flow, London-based cellist and curator Clare O’Connell evokes a subtle tension between stillness and movement, between seen and unseen,

Clare O’Connell ~ Light Flowing

In standard verbiage, light tends to glow, to shine, to radiate. In summoning an image of light as something that might flow, London-based cellist and curator Clare O’Connell evokes a subtle tension between stillness and movement, between seen and unseen,

Garreth Broke ~ Life Through Loss

“There’s no grief without love,” writes Garreth Broke.  Over the past few years, the pianist-composer has volunteered as a Trauerbegleiter, sitting with those who have lost loved ones and helping them to process their grief.  Such a position requires great

Garreth Broke ~ Life Through Loss

“There’s no grief without love,” writes Garreth Broke.  Over the past few years, the pianist-composer has volunteered as a Trauerbegleiter, sitting with those who have lost loved ones and helping them to process their grief.  Such a position requires great

Snorri Hallgrímsson ~ The Importance of Birds

Icelandic composer Snorri Hallgrímsson kicks off the fall in fine style with The Importance of Birds, an EP perfectly timed to score the upcoming migration. From quiet beginnings, the music blossoms into an extended meditation.  At first there is only the sound

Snorri Hallgrímsson ~ The Importance of Birds

Icelandic composer Snorri Hallgrímsson kicks off the fall in fine style with The Importance of Birds, an EP perfectly timed to score the upcoming migration. From quiet beginnings, the music blossoms into an extended meditation.  At first there is only the sound

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

From the intimacy of solo piano to the fullness of orchestra, our modern composition category offers sounds suited for falling leaves, even if at the time of writing they remain green.  Autumn slowly descends from north to south, bringing new

Fall Music Preview ~ Modern Composition

From the intimacy of solo piano to the fullness of orchestra, our modern composition category offers sounds suited for falling leaves, even if at the time of writing they remain green.  Autumn slowly descends from north to south, bringing new

Patrik Berg Almkvisth ~ Life Above

What if the trip to Everest were not about the summit?  Two springs ago, composer Patrik Berg Almkvisth journeyed through Nepal to the famed mountain, stopping at base camp.  The journey was not what he expected; it began with a local

Patrik Berg Almkvisth ~ Life Above

What if the trip to Everest were not about the summit?  Two springs ago, composer Patrik Berg Almkvisth journeyed through Nepal to the famed mountain, stopping at base camp.  The journey was not what he expected; it began with a local

Emil Friis ~ Moving Images

The most overused cliché in instrumental music is “the soundtrack to a movie that has never been made.”  Emil Friis flips the script – literally – by commissioning filmmakers to produce short films for all fifteen tracks on Moving Images.  At

Emil Friis ~ Moving Images

The most overused cliché in instrumental music is “the soundtrack to a movie that has never been made.”  Emil Friis flips the script – literally – by commissioning filmmakers to produce short films for all fifteen tracks on Moving Images.  At

Takahiro Kido ~ Insomnia

What if insomnia were a great black black ball of smoke, drifting above thoroughfares, slowly unfurling into ovoid shapes before spreading its tentacles across the land?  What if it were to descend upon the general populace, creeping insidiously lower and

Takahiro Kido ~ Insomnia

What if insomnia were a great black black ball of smoke, drifting above thoroughfares, slowly unfurling into ovoid shapes before spreading its tentacles across the land?  What if it were to descend upon the general populace, creeping insidiously lower and