Two pieces on the final, orchestral concert at the 2010 Donaueschinger Musiktage, though very different from one another, brought up powerful images of landscapes, geographies, topologies. In fact, I can’t think of another musical experience that’s done that more powerfully … Continue reading
The Callithumpian Consort performed a concert of Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and Christian Wolff right in my home city of Boston on September 28th. I went to the first 45 minutes of a meeting, and then awkwardly ducked out to … Continue reading
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort…. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default setting.” As I drove from Charlotte to Charleston for the first set of events in Michael Pisaro: 2000-2010, a conspectus, … Continue reading