performed by the Kontra Quartet (no YouTube, but you can listen to the work, at least to snippets, at Dacapo’s website for the complete quartets, here, or on Spotify, if that’s something you have. (cover image by Jeremy Bishop) Holmboe’s … Continue reading Holmboe String Quartet no. 3
performed by the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra under John Avison (cover image by Brenda Helen) Since this article isn’t going to be very long, let’s talk briefly about the conductor above, John Avison. He was born on April 25, 1915 … Continue reading Rosenberg: Sinfonia da Chiesa no. 1, op. 15
performed by the Pacifica Quartet, or below by the Juilliard Quartet Like the desert horizons I saw daily while it was being written, the First Quartet presents a continuous unfolding and changing of expressive characters—one woven into the other or … Continue reading Elliott Carter: String Quartet no. 1
performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Leif Segerstam (this piece is featured on a list of pieces I heartily recommend to music directors for inclusion on their season programs. Check out the article here.) Karl-Birger Blomdahl was born … Continue reading Karl-Birger Blomdahl: Symphony no. 3, Facetter
performed by Peter Hill, or below by Yvonne Loriod, the composer’s second wife (please be aware that you can find the specific times for the beginning of each etude in the description of the above video, which I have copied … Continue reading Messiaen: Quatre études de rythme
Fugue for Thought 