Feel like losing yourself, if only for a little while, in a garden of sounds?
George Lewis (1952-), The Will to Adorn (2011); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, Chicago, 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
How about something different?
Clara Iannotta (1983-), Limun (2011); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, New York, 2016
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
Why not begin the week with something new?
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Fields
International Contemporary Ensemble, 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Wonder – is not precisely knowing
And not precisely knowing not –—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 1347 (Franklin)
trumpet festival
day two
Peter Evans (trumpet) & Cory Smythe (piano), International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, New York, 2014
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sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), In the Light of Air, first movt. (“Luminance”); International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2014
composer, n. somebody who wants to hear sounds nobody’s ever heard before.
Mario Diaz de León (1979-), Prism Path; International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE),* live, New York, 2011
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*Claire Chase, flutes; Eric Lamb, flutes; Joshua Rubin, clarinets; Cory Smythe, piano; Nathan Davis, percussion; Mario Diaz de León, electronics.
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