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Published in February 3rd, 2012
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Ben Johnston: From Helmholtz to Harry Partch
Published in January 23rd, 2012
A video I prepared for Ben’s lecture at Eastman last year:
2012 is shaping up to be an exciting year…
Published in January 15th, 2012
Lots to look forward to this year: Premieres of Ben Johnston’s music, an exciting (unreleased) schedule at Microfest, new videos and recordings, lots of John Cage centenary celebrations/performances, and the Kepler Quartet rehearsing and recording the last in the cycle of Ben’s string quartets, Nos. 6, 7, 8.
Leigh Cross and his Proportional Pitch Keyboard
Published in August 21st, 2011
Leigh Cross is a music enthusiast, scholar, and instrument builder whom Ben and I had the pleasure of meeting last year at a colloquium at Wright State. Leigh has designed and built a proportional pitch keyboard based on Ben Johnston’s fifty-three note, expanded just intonation scale as described in Ben’s paper, Scalar Order as a [...]
Promo video for new Kepler CD
Published in February 25th, 2011
NY Times review of String Quartets nos. 1, 5, and 10
Published in February 22nd, 2011
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Here is Steve Smith’s flattering New York Times review of the new recordings by the Kepler Quartet of Ben Johnston’s String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, and 10.
First Reviews are in for Ben Johnston’s String Quartets Nos. 1, 5, and 10
Published in February 17th, 2011
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And they are quite positive:
Frank Oteri’s piece for New Music Box can be found here.
Another review from the blogosphere is here.
String Quartets 1, 5, and 10 NOW ON CD!
Published in January 20th, 2011
The Kepler Quartet’s new album featuring premiere recordings of Ben Johnston’s 1st, 5th, and 10th String Quartets is available now on New World Records.
Thanks to the quartet members: Sharan Leventhal, Eric Segnitz, Brek Renzelman, and Karl Lavine, for all the sacrifice and hard work they put in to make these amazing recordings of this beautiful [...]
John Cage documentary
Published in March 31st, 2010
A classic documentary on American composer John Cage (1912-1992).
“American Masters” John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It (1990)
Vivian Perlis (writer)
TV Series: “American Masters” (1983)
Original Air Date: 17 September 1990
Country: UK
55 min
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Ben on Working with John Cage
Published in March 29th, 2010
Ben Johnston on meeting John Cage and their subsequent work together.
Ben on Cage: