Night After Night

Playlist (It's a day full of dreams).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Missy Mazzoli - Dark with Excessive Bright - Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic/Tim Weiss (BIS)

Kate Carr - cosmic sunday #3 (self-released; 2023)

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation.Live (Music for Nations/Sony; 2023)

Steve Roach/Michael Stearns - Beyond Earth & Sky (Projekt; 2021)

Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny - Western Spaces (Fortuna; 1987)

Steve Roach/Kevin Braheny/Michael Stearns - Desert Solitaire (Fortuna; 1989)

Steve Roach/Michael Stearns/Ron Sunsinger - Kiva (Hearts of Space; 1995)

Anton Bruckner - Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1868 version) - Bruckner Orchester Linz/Markus Poschner (Capriccio; 2023)

Experiential Orchestra/James Blachly with Curtis Stewart - American Counterpoints (Bright Shiny Things; due March 1, 2024)

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Louisiana Blues Strut; Julia Perry - Prelude for Strings (arr. Roger Zahab); Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Sinfonietta No. 1; Julia Perry - Symphony in One Movement for Violas and String Basses; Ye, Who Seek the Truth (arr. Jannina Norpoth); Concerto for Violin and Orchestra; Curtis Stewart - We Who Seek

Joe Hisaishi - A Symphonic Celebration - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Joe Hisaishi (Deutsche Grammophon; 2023)

Grateful Dead - Winter Solstice – Live (Nugs.net; 2023)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D - Kinga Augustyn, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra/Felipe Tristan (YouTube; 2023)

Maurice Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2 - Greenwich Village Orchestra/Barbara Yahr (YouTube; 2017)

Alexandra Gardner - Just Say Yes - Michael Blancaflor, Chelsea Symphony Orchestra/Nell Flanders (YouTube; 2021)

Johannes Brahms - Academic Festival Overture; Mary D. Watkins - Five Movements in Color ("II. Soul of Remembrance"); Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade - Riverside Orchestra/Reuben Blundell (YouTube; 2023)

Gabriel Faure - Masques et Bergamasques; Paul McCartney - Spiral; Samuel Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 31 in D ("Paris") - Jennifer Zetlan, Riverside Orchestra/Reuben Blundell (YouTube; 2023)

David Sylvian - Do You Know Me Now? (UMR; 2023)

King Crimson - Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Aug. 11, 1982 (DGMLive; 2023)

Karim Sulayman & Sean Shibe - Broken Branches (Pentatone; 2023)

Ruby Hughes & Manchester Collective - End of My Days (BIS; due Jan. 19, 2024)

Lee Ranaldo - Hurricane Sandy Transcriptions (original demo) (self-released; 2021)

Dither - Laurie Spiegel's "The Expanding Universe" at Public Records (YouTube; 2023)

Playlist (Just the way it is).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Robert Rich - Travelers' Cloth (Soundscape; 2023)

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - Raga Shuddha Todi (Nimbus; 1994)

King Crimson - Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, July 5, 1984 (DGMLive; 2023)

Zia Mohiuddin Dagar - Raga Yaman (Nimbus; 1993)

Ustad Shahid Parvez - Darbari (Hindusthan; 1999)

Horrendous - Ontological Mysterium (Season of Mist; 2023)

Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit (20 Buck Spin; 2023)

Ghostmass - Kvvvlt/ooong - 苦痛 (self-released; 2023)

Eva-Maria Houben - aerophone (kvieto; 2023)

Laurel Halo - Atlas (Awe; 2023)

Ludwig Göransson - Black Panther – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Hollywood; 2018)

Ludwig Göransson - Tenet – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (WaterTower Music; 2020)

Mary Jane Leach - Woodwind Multiples (Modern Love)

Goose - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, Dec. 9, 2023 (Nugs.net; 2023)

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros - Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, Dec. 12, 2023 (Nugs.net; 2023)

Kory Reeder - Texas: Vol. VI - Grids (Part 1) (self-released; 2023)

Ambrose Akinmusire - Owl Song (Nonesuch; 2023)

Cheryl E. Leonard - Littoral (Rural Situationism; 2023)

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Drone Mass - ACME, Theatre of Voices/Paul Hillier (Deutsche Grammophon; 2022)

Wayfarer - American Gothic (Profound Lore; 2023)

Prairiewolf - Prairiewolf (Centripetal Force; 2023)

Prairiewolf - Lagniappe Session (Deluxe Edition) (self-released; 2023)

Missy Mazzoli - Dark with Excessive Bright - Peter Herresthal, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/James Gaffigan, Arctic Philharmonic/Tim Weiss (BIS)

Motion Sickness of Time Travel - "Ophiucus" & "Sagittarius" from Zodiac (self-released; 2023-24 subscription album)

Playlist (Light years on ice).

A weekly tally of noteworthy things that got stuck in my ears…

Lea Bertucci - Of Shadow and Substance (Cibachrome Editions; 2023)

Éliane Radigue - Occam - Hepta I - Ensemble Dedalus; Occam XX - Ryoko Akama (Montagne Noire; 2023)

Ensemble Ex Materia - Ensemble Ex Materia (Arpaviva Recordings; 2023)

Kate Carr - cosmic sunday #2 (self-released; 2023)

Billy and The Kids - Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA, Oct. 31, 2023 (Nugs.net; 2023)

Henry Flynt - You Are My Everlovin'/Celestial Power (Recorded; 2002, recorded 1980-81)

Henry Flynt - Hillbilly Tape Music (Recorded; 2003, recorded 1971-78)

Reverso (Vincent Courtois, Ryan Keberle, Frank Woeste) - Shooting Star–Étoile Filante (Alternate Side; due Jan. 19, 2024)

Angelika Niescier - Tomeka Reid - Savannah Harris - Beyond Dragons (Intakt; 2023)

Christopher Hoffman - Vision Is the Identity (Out of Your Head; due March 22, 2o24)

Éliane Radigue & Carol Robinson - Occam Océan Cinquanta - SWR Symphonieorchester/Carol Robinson (ROIO/YouTube; 2023)

Jürg Frey - Elemental Realities - SWR Symphonieorchester/Tito Ceccherini (ROIO/YouTube; 2021)

Marty Ehrlich - Trio Exaltation (Clean Feed; 2018)

Tim Berne Sunny Five - Candid (Intakt; due Jan. 19, 2024)

Peter Garland - The Basketweave Elegies - William Winant (Cold Blue; 2023)

Evan Johnson - indolentiae ars - Carl Rosman (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2023)

Camilo Ángeles/Joanna Mattrey - Hailstone Temple (Notice Recordings; 2023)

Wind Tide (Gretchen Korsmo & Andrew Weathers) - Blue Breaking Brown (Notice Recordings; 2023)

Jason Kahn/Gretchen Korsmo/AF Jones/Andrew Weathers - The Foot of the Sky (Personal Archives; 2023)

Carrie Frey - Seagrass: Works for Solo Viola - compositions by Carrie Frey, Alec Goldfarb, Adrianne Munden-Dixon, Maria Kaoutzani, Emily Praetorius, Anthony R. Green, and Buck McDaniel (Gold Bolus; 2023)

Anthony Davis/Kyle Motl/Kjell Nordeson - Vertical Motion (Astral Spirits; 2023)

Sam Dunscombe & Michiko Ogawa - Expanded Desert (Ferns Recordings; 2023)

Louth Contemporary Music Society - Folks' Music (Louth Contemporary Music Society; 2023)

Cassandra Miller - The City, Full of People - Chamber Choir Ireland/Paul Hillier; Laurence Crane - String Quartet No. 2 - Esposito Quartet; Linda Catlin Smith - Folio - Chamber Choir Ireland/Paul Hillier

Prairiewolf - Lagniappe Session (Deluxe Edition) (self-released; 2023)

Jethro Tull - This Was – 50th Anniversary Edition (Island/Rhino; 1968/2018)

Taper's Choice - History of Taper's Choice (Vol. 1) (ORG/Aquarium Drunkard; 2023)

Goose - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, Dec. 8, 2023 (Nugs.net; 2023)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 29 in A (K. 201); Alban Berg - Three Pieces for Orchestra (Op. 6); Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor (Op. 98) - Berlin Philharmonic/Kirill Petrenko (Digital Concert Hall; 2023)

Program note: Julian Anderson, Symphony No. 2

Julian Anderson (Photograph: John Batten Photography)

Julian Anderson
Symphony No. 2 ("Prague Panoramas") (2019-21)
Cleveland Orchestra, Dec. 7 & 9, 2023
Program note

My first program note for the venerable Cleveland Orchestra, for the U.S. premiere of Symphony No. 2, "Prague Panoramas," by English composer Julian Anderson. The program, conducted by Semyon Bychkov, also includes Bohuslav Martinů's Concerto for Two Pianos, featuring Katia and Marielle Labèque, and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy.

I'm grateful to Amanda Angel, Cleveland Orchestra managing editor of content and a longtime friend and colleague, for the engagement.