Category Archives: Modern Composition
Gaspar Claus ~ Un Monde Violent OST
The Academy Awards nominations for 2024 have just been announced, and already we have a contender for 2025 in the category of Best Film Score. Un Monde Violent is a French thriller about two brothers who decide to hold up a
Gaspar Claus ~ Un Monde Violent OST
The Academy Awards nominations for 2024 have just been announced, and already we have a contender for 2025 in the category of Best Film Score. Un Monde Violent is a French thriller about two brothers who decide to hold up a
Nat Bartsch ~ Forever Changed
This entrancing album is a moving tribute to all the wonderful complexity of being human. Back in 2018, Nat Bartsch released Forever, and No Time At All, a beguiling album of quiet, contemporary classical lullabies, written in moments between caring for her
Nat Bartsch ~ Forever Changed
This entrancing album is a moving tribute to all the wonderful complexity of being human. Back in 2018, Nat Bartsch released Forever, and No Time At All, a beguiling album of quiet, contemporary classical lullabies, written in moments between caring for her
ACL 2025 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
Sweetness and elegance are the hallmarks of this season’s modern composition releases. Whether playing a mother’s old piano or returning home to reconnect to the history of a nation, these artists find inspiration in the past while charting a path
ACL 2025 ~ Winter Music Preview: Modern Composition
Sweetness and elegance are the hallmarks of this season’s modern composition releases. Whether playing a mother’s old piano or returning home to reconnect to the history of a nation, these artists find inspiration in the past while charting a path
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When a composer dies, a world falls silent; two of the composers honored below are no longer with us, but their music lives on. One album stretches back even further to highlight a 9th century princess; another recalls the woman
ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition
When a composer dies, a world falls silent; two of the composers honored below are no longer with us, but their music lives on. One album stretches back even further to highlight a 9th century princess; another recalls the woman
Per Störby Jutbring ~ Tenants of Misty Mansion (According to the Landlord)
Five years have passed since The Thief Bunny Society, whose animated title track imitated a children’s book, with a flying whale, a bunny on a motorbike and a pernicious lynx. In the videos from Tenants of Misty Mansion (According to
Per Störby Jutbring ~ Tenants of Misty Mansion (According to the Landlord)
Five years have passed since The Thief Bunny Society, whose animated title track imitated a children’s book, with a flying whale, a bunny on a motorbike and a pernicious lynx. In the videos from Tenants of Misty Mansion (According to
Luke Howard ~ Interlinked
Luke Howard is no stranger to orchestral arrangement, but Interlinked is the composer’s first work for full orchestra, the score to Juliano Nunes’ ballet Interlinked. The choreography intentionally challenges gender norms in ballet, while the fluidity of the score underlines the approach.
Luke Howard ~ Interlinked
Luke Howard is no stranger to orchestral arrangement, but Interlinked is the composer’s first work for full orchestra, the score to Juliano Nunes’ ballet Interlinked. The choreography intentionally challenges gender norms in ballet, while the fluidity of the score underlines the approach.
Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon ~ First Sounds
If three composers can be considered a supergroup, then Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre) and Rebecca Foon (Esmerine, Saltland, Thee Silver Mt. Zion) fit the definition. They first improvised together in Montreal back in
Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon ~ First Sounds
If three composers can be considered a supergroup, then Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre) and Rebecca Foon (Esmerine, Saltland, Thee Silver Mt. Zion) fit the definition. They first improvised together in Montreal back in
Ellen Reid ~ Big Majestic
What does it mean for music to be of a physical place? The question is explored by Ellen Reid on her latest album, Big Majestic. Reid is an American composer who won the Pulitzer in 2019 for her opera p
Ellen Reid ~ Big Majestic
What does it mean for music to be of a physical place? The question is explored by Ellen Reid on her latest album, Big Majestic. Reid is an American composer who won the Pulitzer in 2019 for her opera p
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