http://newdissonance.com Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:30:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was just announced that the opening concert of next season for the League of Composers will feature Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 4: On Sunday, February 28, 2010 (3 PM), the Chamber Players of the League perform at New York’s intimate Tenri Cultural Institute. The inimitable ensemble of New York ... http://newdissonance.com/2009/11/11/ben_johnston_league_of_composers/ A video of the Nov. 3rd performance of Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 9 by the American Modern Ensemble in Brooklyn. Enjoy! Also check out the positive review of the performance from the New York Times here. http://newdissonance.com/2009/11/08/string-quartet9video/ The American Modern Ensemble is performing Ben Johnston's String Quartet No. 9 next Tuesday November 3, 2009, at the Galapagos Art Space at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY. The piece is part of a program called m&ms (microtones & minimalism) which also features works by fellow composers Philip Glass, Ingram Marshall, Steve ... http://newdissonance.com/2009/10/28/string-quartet-no-9-in-brooklyn/ This is an interview I conducted with Ben last year, in which he describes the background for "The Tavern." http://newdissonance.com/2009/08/07/tavern_commentary/ The following is a recording of the world premiere of Ben Johnston's The Tavern, for just-tuned guitar and voice [text by Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks] (1998-2008) (25:16) Performed by John Schneider (just-tuned guitar) and Paul Berkolds (baritone). This was recorded March 5, 2009 at the 14th Other Minds festival in ... http://newdissonance.com/2009/08/07/the-tavern/ The world's coming a part at the seems to me it's in the DarkteenAging process pool. HELP But how----now? Sinkholes, swimmingpools orbitsofboth?       (take as needed) The world's becoming crowds and dropouts and needs (rise to them?) Help? http://newdissonance.com/2009/01/01/homage/ The more difficult the obstacle, and the more interior its hold , the greater the value of struggling out of its dominance.  This is a principle I try to live by, and it is a powerfully humble basis for creating art  Any insincerity is painfully evident as is excess of ... http://newdissonance.com/2008/12/22/credo-2/ How is it that this orchestra piece, Quintet for Groups, composed in the 1960's, should in 2008 seem relevant to the world as we experience it now? While in Germany for its rediscovery by the festival orchestra in Donaueshingen I talked to a number of people about this. My purpose ... http://newdissonance.com/2008/12/18/relevance/ Here it is, Ben Johnston's Quintet for Groups, as it was played live at the 2008 Donaueschingen Festival. Enjoy! http://newdissonance.com/2008/11/19/listen-to-quintet-for-groups/ I remember thinking, as I watched the rehearsing orchestra players and conductor react to the music and to each other, that a very positive atmosphere was growing among all the participants; and this clearly spread to the concert hall staff, as they assisted in helping us composers know how we ... http://newdissonance.com/2008/11/16/dissonanceconsonance-part-five/