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Tag Archives: contemporary music
Kronos Quartet and new music
Emory’s Schwartz Center brought the Kronos Quartet to Atlanta last night for an evening of transcendent, or as we used to say in the ’60s, mind-blowing music. In addition, the audience had a chance to see the Azerbaijan Alim Qasimov Ensemble, … Continue reading
July and a couple of new paintings in progress
I had heard Philip Glass’s 1979Â Mad Rush (renamed from his original Part Four, Fourth Series) at the Woodruff Arts Center’s Sonic Palooza a couple of weeks ago and started a sketch on site that was primarily horizontal lines, in response … Continue reading
End of June paintings
A few new small paintings for mid summer. Wheelbarrow. 8″x10″, acrylic on canvas panel, 2011. Solstice. Acrylic on canvas panel 10″x8″, 2011. Alhambra. Acrylic on canvas panel, 8″x10″, 2011. My Vitreous, pencil drawing 2011. A sketch based on a posterior … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, art, contemporary art, contemporary music, drawing, eye, fine art, john tavener, june, landscape, modern art, oil, original painting, painting, solstice, summer, the protecting veil, vitreous detachment, weiss ring, yoyo ma
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Contemporary music in Atlanta – Sonic Palooza
Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center presented Sonic Palooza yesterday, June 25th, a 10 hour free festival of contemporary music that went on until midnight. I spent an hour or so over in the galleria and caught the first program; Steve Reich, David … Continue reading
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Tagged american mavericks, contemporary music, david lang, festival, foster reed, live music, lou harrison, michael tilson thomas, new albion records, new music, Philip Glass, San Francisco, sonic generator and friends, sonic palooza, steve dollar, steve reich, steven mackey, tom welsh, tristan perich, woodruff arts
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UCTV – Philip Glass in conversation
UCTV out of Berkeley, CA has some of the best cultural programming you’ll find on television. Here’s a wonderful hour talk with the composer Philip Glass and the music critic Tim Page. In the mid ’60’s Glass studied in Paris … Continue reading
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Tagged contemporary music, Einstein on the Beach, Jean Genet, Kepler, Nadia Boulanger, new music, Philip Glass, Tim Page, UCTV
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