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Chamber Works - A particularly evocative description exists of the 1941 premiere of Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fin du temps. The performance took place far away from the comfortable happiness of a concert hall; a hut in Stalag VIII-A, the German Prisoner-of-war camp in which Messiaen was interned and where he had written...

Steve Reich - Three Movements / The Desert Music (conductor: Kristjan Järvi) -

So much of Steve Reich’s music depends on shifting tensions and sonorities. The slightest harmonic tweak in the upper strings must be as committed as the most grounding and predictable left-handed piano thuds. Consequently, performing his works requires an almost telepathic connection between musicians and expert marshalling, perhaps even more...

Prepared Piano - And now for something completely different I may have mentioned previously that Melbourne plays host to a seemingly constant string of festivals throughout the year and currently it's the turn of the 'Melbourne International Arts' Festival. Generally the feature events are too expensive for the likes of me and I'm left...

The Sinking of the Titanic - Others: Philip Glass, Carl Stone, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman Links: Gavin Bryars - Philip Jeck - Touch Fittingly recorded three years ago in the sinking city of Venice, Gavin Bryars newly released realization of his most well-known, 39-year-old composition, The Sinking of the Titanic, is a horrifyingly beautiful, trance-inducing phenomenon of conceptual...

CONTEST †The Moondoggies @ The Horseshoe †February 2, 2011 -

Christopher NelsonWho: The MoondoggiesWhat: More harmony-laden rootsiness from the Pacific northwest, but with more rock of the classic variety in their souls than their peers. And soul.Why: Their second album Tidelands was released in the later part of 2010...

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