Posts Tagged: Richard Skelton
A Closer Listen’s Best Modern Composition Albums of the Decade
How does one decide between piano and orchestra, between the lugubrious and buoyant? The modern composition genre offers a wide range of timbres and emotions, and is the only genre we cover that is also recognized by the major music
A Closer Listen’s Best Modern Composition Albums of the Decade
How does one decide between piano and orchestra, between the lugubrious and buoyant? The modern composition genre offers a wide range of timbres and emotions, and is the only genre we cover that is also recognized by the major music
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone music doesn’t need to be scary; there’s nothing inherently frightening about elongated tones. Yet the drone genre does seem predisposed toward darkness. Just look at the cover art for Black to Comm; or the compositional corpses found in the BABEL hardback
ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Drone
Drone music doesn’t need to be scary; there’s nothing inherently frightening about elongated tones. Yet the drone genre does seem predisposed toward darkness. Just look at the cover art for Black to Comm; or the compositional corpses found in the BABEL hardback
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Richard Skelton ~ Border Ballads
A change of pace for Richard Skelton, Border Ballads contains some of the clearest melodies of the composer’s career. Piano, viola and cello each make stunning appearances, no longer mulched but pristine, representing a new clarity of mind and purpose. These twelve
Richard Skelton ~ A Great Body Rising and Falling / Another Hand
A Great Body Rising and Falling and Another Hand are a pair of 24-minute pieces that accompany a new multi-media work by Richard Skelton. Dark Hollow Dark is also a softbound poetry book and a visual venture. Each facet of the experience works in tandem with
Richard Skelton ~ A Great Body Rising and Falling / Another Hand
A Great Body Rising and Falling and Another Hand are a pair of 24-minute pieces that accompany a new multi-media work by Richard Skelton. Dark Hollow Dark is also a softbound poetry book and a visual venture. Each facet of the experience works in tandem with
Richard Skelton ~ Towards a Frontier
Towards a Frontier is a multidisciplinary work: a CD (with bonus material for early purchasers), two films and a book of photos and other art. As with most of Richard Skelton‘s work, the music is secondary to the message. The artist
Richard Skelton ~ Towards a Frontier
Towards a Frontier is a multidisciplinary work: a CD (with bonus material for early purchasers), two films and a book of photos and other art. As with most of Richard Skelton‘s work, the music is secondary to the message. The artist
The Inward Circles ~ And Right Lines Limit and Close All Bodies
Richard Skelton is a man of many guises. This April he returns as The Inward Circles, continuing to invoke history, nature and the mysteries of the human mind. This is his fourth release and third album under this name, and arrives with a bonus: an
The Inward Circles ~ And Right Lines Limit and Close All Bodies
Richard Skelton is a man of many guises. This April he returns as The Inward Circles, continuing to invoke history, nature and the mysteries of the human mind. This is his fourth release and third album under this name, and arrives with a bonus: an
*AR ~ Memorious Earth
When corresponding with Richard Skelton about his new work with Autumn Richardson, I happened to mention a recent book that I thought he would enjoy ~ Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. At the time, I had only received the book, not yet read it.
*AR ~ Memorious Earth
When corresponding with Richard Skelton about his new work with Autumn Richardson, I happened to mention a recent book that I thought he would enjoy ~ Landmarks by Robert Macfarlane. At the time, I had only received the book, not yet read it.
*AR ~ Succession
The elegiac music of Richard Skelton and Autumn Richardson (*AR) has always been about much more than music, and Succession is no exception. The new work is enriched by optional publications that expand upon themes investigated in the work, while the music in
*AR ~ Succession
The elegiac music of Richard Skelton and Autumn Richardson (*AR) has always been about much more than music, and Succession is no exception. The new work is enriched by optional publications that expand upon themes investigated in the work, while the music in
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