Composer Ruminates On Work Sprung From Novel On ‘Classical Gas’
PERSPECTIVE – A gripping settler saga of the American West by Willa Cather (pictured) was the inspiration for a recent piano quintet by the composer-pianist Stephen Hough, who previews the work's west coast premiere with Gail Wein.
Post-Minimalist Threads Reveal Wide Range Of Influence On New Music
BROOKLYN – The diversity of fresh works at Bang on a Can's Long Play Festival illustrated how minimalism descended from encounters among American composers, jazz musicians, and improvisers in the classical traditions of India.
Conjuring Varèse In 100 Flute Commissions, On ‘Classical Gas’ Podcast
PERSPECTIVE – Inspired by Edgard Varèse's paradigm-shifting work for solo flute, Density 21.5, flutist Claire Chase has pushed to the mid-point of a herculean project she calls Density 2036. She dives into the venture with Gail Wein.
Quartet Founder Talks Beethoven, Bob Dylan On New ‘Classical Gas’
PERSPECTIVE - Joining Gail Wein on her podcast, violinist Colin Jacobsen, co-founder of the Brooklyn Rider string quartet and a composer, explores the foursome's new enterprise called "Citizenship Notes," honoring the nation's birth.
Soprano On Schoenberg And Moonstruck Pierrot: Wein’s Classical Gas 2.0
PERSPECTIVE – In her second podcast, Gail Wein chats with soprano Lucy Shelton, who brings her vast experience with modern music to bear in demonstrating the radical sung-speech vocalism Schoenberg used in his atonal Pierrot lunaire.
