Vanessa Wagner Shares Session with Launch of Apple Music Classical Photo
by Michael Major
- April 19, 2023
Vanessa Wagner taps into her love of contemporary minimalist music in her Classical Session. Wagner’s program begins with Lullaby by Bryce Dessner, guitarist with the band The National and an acclaimed composer. Wagner also performs two pieces by Philip Glass—“Dead Things,” from Glass’ soundtrack to The Hours, and the Etude No. 12....
Sono Luminus Announces New Recording OCCURRENCE Photo
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- December 03, 2020
Sono Luminus has announced the January 22, 2021 worldwide release of Occurrence, a new recording from the Iceland Symphony Orchestra (ISO). Conducted by the ISO’s Principal Guest Conductor Daníel Bjarnason and recorded at Harpa in Reykjavík, Iceland in February '18, December '19 & March '20, Occurrence features music by leading Icelandic composers....
Kronos Quartet Returns To Zankel Hall With An Evening Of Contemporary Music Photo
by Chloe Rabinowitz
- December 18, 2019
On Saturday, January 25 at 9:00 p.m., pioneering ensemble Kronos Quartet returns to Zankel Hall for a program that reveals the group's remarkable gift for expanding the range and context of the string quartet. The evening includes the world premiere of Bryce Dessner's Le Bois, a work based on Pérotin's Sederunt principes and was inspired by the Notre Dame Cathedral and the 1,000-year-old wood ceiling that was lost in the fire there in the Spring of 2019....
Santtu-Matias Rouvali To Conduct NY Premiere Of Bryce Dessner's WIRES Photo
by A.A. Cristi
- October 03, 2019
Santtu-Matias Rouvali will make his New York Philharmonic debut conducting the New York Premiere of Bryce Dessner's Wires, featuring the composer (lead guitarist of The National) on electric guitar in his Philharmonic debut; Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Overture-Fantasy; and Sibelius's Symphony No. 1. The program will take place on Thursday, November 14, 2019, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, November 15 at 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 16 at 8:00 p.m....