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‘It’s Anthony’s Time’: A Composer Gets His Due
With a new production of Anthony Davis’s pathbreaking Malcolm X opera opening in Detroit, we are on the cusp of a broader reappraisal of his...
Composers Give New Shape to Ornette Coleman’s Jazz
A group of artists are reimagining the 1959 album “The Shape of Jazz to Come” for Bang on a Can’s Long Play festival.
An Opera Rarity Reclaims Its Spot in the Repertory
Jaromir Weinberger’s “Schwanda the Bagpiper” has been given a persuasive new production by the Komische Oper in Berlin.
Review: An Orchestra Manages to Capture That Ellington Swing
At Carnegie Hall, the American Symphony Orchestra and Leon Botstein made a case for Duke Ellington works still rarely heard from classical ensembles.
Richness in Stasis: La Monte Young Finally Releases ‘Trio’
The breakthrough Minimalist, not known for making albums, has at last put out an authorized recording of his 64-year-old “Trio for Strings.”
A Musician’s Turn to Improvisation Bears Fruit
The pianist and composer Eric Wubbels’s work has achieved new heights in an album of collaborations with two younger artists.
A Pianist Strolls Her Harlem History, and Scott Joplin’s
Lara Downes’s latest album, “Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered,” is inspired by the fact that Joplin’s achievement remains fuzzy to many.
For Three Avant-Garde Musicians, It’s Time for Pop
New albums by Jeff Tobias, Joseph White and Dave Ruder all have some experimental edges. But they also have catchy hooks.
Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film
Scoring films like “The Power of the Dog” and “Spencer,” he has become a major composer, his concert music fueling his soundtracks.