| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 20-Feb-2013 Southbank Centre: Royal Festival Hall | The Rest is Noise: America – but not as we know it |
.jpg) When we think of America, Dvořák and Milhaud are not among the first set of composers to come to mind, but it turns out they deserve to be among the second. The London Philharmonic Orchestra’s latest programming venture in The Rest is Noise festival, this time with conductor Marin Alsop, launched American music on the world in a way we wouldn’t necessarily expect – exploring the influence of American culture on non-American composers as well as taking a look at some American classics in their own right.
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| 27-Mar-2012 Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage | San Francisco Symphony: American Mavericks at Carnegie Hall |
 Bravo to Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony for blowing the dust off of some of the boldest innovators America has produced. As part of a mini-festival at Carnegie Hall of 20th- and 21st-century composers who stretched musical and formal boundaries (to put it mildly), the program on Tuesday night was packed with rarely-played wonders. We are still learning to speak the language of this music, ninety years after some of it was written.
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| 21-Oct-2011 Concertgebouw: Main Hall | A celebration of Gubaidulina at the Concertgebouw |
 01-09.jpg) On October 24th the grand-dame of Russian contemporary music, Sofia Gubaidulina, celebrates her 80th birthday. In order to commemorate this event, several concerts with her music were scheduled in Amsterdam for her presence – not least of all, the premiere of her new Concerto for Orchestra.Read full review... | |
