| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2012 Walt Disney Concert Hall | Stockhausen, Cage, and Bettison at Green Umbrella concert |
| Dangle the term “modern music” in front of your average classical music listener and chances are their reaction will range anywhere from polite indifference to outright bile-spewing hatred. Even after the advent of minimalism, neo-romanticism, the “new tonality”, and scores (pardon the pun) of composers who affect to write “accessible” music for the masses, the sometimes-gritty music of the mid-20th century avant-garde refuses to go away. If anything, it’s found a more secure footing than ever, enjoying a dedicated legion of young followers for whom such music holds no terrors. Read full review... | |