The wonderful SWR orchestra of Baden-Baden and Freiburg will be performing two concerts of Ben Johnston’s music in April:
Saturday, April 13 in Baden-Baden at the Museum Frieder Burda
and Sunday April 14 in Freiburg at the Konzerthaus, Runder Saal
They will be performing an ambitious program for the Composer’s Portrait of Ben Johnston, including European and World Premieres. The [...]
Upcoming Concerts in Freiburg and Baden-Baden, Germany
Published in March 30th, 2013
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Ben Johnston on KUSC’s Arts Alive
Published in December 3rd, 2012
Ben’s interview on KUSC recently played on their Arts Alive program. If you missed it, you can stream it on their website under the November 24, 2012 program
or download the entire program here (mp3 | 44mb)
Ben’s feature takes place around the 18:30 mark.
Call for Papers: Stuart Saunders Smith Colloquium
Published in December 3rd, 2012
Posted by Jon Roy in Uncategorized
Wright State University: American Innovators Series
The Music of Stuart Saunders Smith: Continuing the Transcendentalist Tradition
Transcendentalism and Experimentalism
Wright State University Department of Music, Feb. 2-3, 2013
Colloquium on Stuart Saunders Smith and the Transcendentalist Tradition
Sat., Feb. 2, 3-7 p.m. and Sun., Feb. 3, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Concert 1: The Music of Stuart Saunders Smith Sat., [...]
Knocking Piece
Published in October 13th, 2012
Posted by Jon Roy in Uncategorized
“Just intonation is a matter of reducing pitch relations to simple ratios. When I did the same with rhythms, I got Knocking Piece. That piece has nothing to do with serialization; it just so happens that the pitch sequences that I used as the model for Knocking Piece came from a serial piece. But the rhythmic organization [...]
Four4 by John Cage, performed by Chamber Cartel
Published in October 5th, 2012
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Another recent performance for the John Cage centenary, this is a great interpretation of Four4 I recorded at the Goat Farm in Atlanta last month. Audio only. Enjoy!
Piece for Four Percussionists:
Caleb Herron, Olivia Kieffer, Aaron Butler, Brandon Dodge (Chamber Cartel)
John Cage’s Europera 5 at the Rustbelt Salon
Published in August 5th, 2012
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Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet violinist Eric Segnitz, and I were in attendance for this wonderful and interesting performance of a too-little known late Cage work. Luckily I was able to be there to record it. One note: if you have the bandwidth, play the video in 720p HD!
John Cage’s Europera 5
Dated: April, 1991
Instrumentation: two singers, [...]
Ben at KUSC
Published in May 16th, 2012
Ben Johnston Premieres Concert
Published in March 13th, 2012
As part of Microfest there will be an evening of Ben Johnston’s music at 7:30 PM, April 25th at Chapman University in Orange, California. The concert will feature a premiere of Johnston’s “Parable”, plus the Los Angeles premiere of the String Quartet #10 performed by San Francisco’s Del Sol Quartet. Also, John Schneider’s performance of [...]
Harry Partch’s 12 Intrusions
Published in March 13th, 2012
Harry Partch discusses receiving notariety using a scale of 43 separate tones and original instruments with references to his “Genesis of a Music.” There is a brief introduction to “Twelve Intrusions,” this recording which is played by five musicians under Partch’s direction. The pieces are: Study in an Ancient Phrygian Scale, Study in the Ancient [...]
Vote for Kepler Quartet / Ben Johnston’s: String quartets 1, 5, 10, for BBC Music Magazine Chamber Music Album of the Year
Published in February 22nd, 2012
Cast your Vote for the Kepler Quartet’s recording of Ben Johnston’s: String quartets 1, 5, 10, for the BBC Music Magazine Chamber Music Album of the Year.
It’s a great honor to be nominated, but help them win for their hard work on this amazing album!
Vote here.
Hurry! Voting ends 29 February 2012.
