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Featured Archive

June 2008
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Week of June 2, 2008
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May 2008
Featured Composers
Karen Amrhein (1970-     ), American
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Tan Dun (1957-     ), Korean
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), American
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-     ), Soviet/Russian
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Czech
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), Hungarian-American
Aulis Sallinen (1935-     ), Finnish
Edgard Varese (1883-1965), American

Featured Recordings
Lee Actor - Violin Concerto (Albany Records TROY 1017)

Week of May 5, 2008
Featured Pytheas Earful    Ronald J. Brown: My Garden Flourishes Beneath the Frozen Earth
Featured Ensemble    FIGURA - Music/Theater/Opera
Featured Festival or Item    creative-eclipse.com
Featured Thoughts & Ideas    Innovative Women Composers: Chen Yi

Week of May 12, 2008
Featured Pytheas Earful    Haapanen Perttu: Saxophone Concerto (2003)
Featured Ensemble    dèdalo ensemble, Brescia, Italy
Featured Festival or Item    Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music: International Computer Music Conference, August 2008
Featured Thoughts & Ideas    Schoenberg's 2nd String Quartet - The Day Music Went Mad (Norman Lebrecht, La Scena Musicale)

Week of May 19, 2008
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Week of May 26, 2008
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April 2008
Featured Composers
Karen Amrhein (1970-     ), American
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian
Tan Dun (1957-     ), Korean
Morton Feldman (1926-1987), American
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-     ), Soviet/Russian
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959), Czech
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995), Hungarian-American
Aulis Sallinen (1935-     ), Finnish
Edgard Varese (1883-1965), American

Featured Recordings
Hi Kyung Kim - Crystal Drops (Albany Records TROY 1002)

Week of April 21, 2008
Featured Pytheas Earful    Tom Guralnick: Slides Peak (1994)
Featured Ensemble    Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Chicago, Illinois
Featured Festival or Item    Primavera Festival at the University of California at Santa Cruz, April 2008
Featured Thoughts & Ideas    What is a Piece of Music? (Adam Frey, San Fransisco Contemporary Music Players Blog)

Week of April 28, 2008
Featured Pytheas Earful    Tom Guralnick: Slides Peak (1994)
Featured Ensemble    Third Coast Percussion Quartet, Chicago, Illinois
Featured Festival or Item    Primavera Festival at the University of California at Santa Cruz, April 2008
Featured Thoughts & Ideas    What is a Piece of Music? (Adam Frey, San Fransisco Contemporary Music Players Blog)