March 2011
String Quartet No 1, ‘Montes’24 March 2011 at 1300Momenta QuartetRobeson GalleryRutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, NJ
Agustín Fernández
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Fuel
Today Northumberland basks in the unwonted luxury of a two-digit temperature: ten, to be exact. The thaw was slow but in the last week or so it was hastened by a another type of precipitation: rain. Wet in the morning, wet in the afternoon, wet through the night. Oh and […]
Snow
Yes, as everybody knows, we are snowed in in Northumberland. It happened last winter, and at the time the local council explained away its not coping, assuring us that next time they would be better prepared for extreme weather. Well, this winter came early and is much worse than the […]
February 2011
String Quartet No. 1 ‘Montes’11 February 2011 at 2000Williams College, Williamstown, MAUSAMore detailsUna música escondida11 and 13 FebruaryFort Worth Symphony OrchestraMiguel Harth-Bedoya, conductorBass Hall525 Commerce StFort Worth, TexasUSAMore details
December 2010
8 December 2010TríoLuis Morais, violinMarilies Guschlbauer, celloMari Naka, piano Evangelischen SchulenKarlsplatz 141040 Wien(Vienna)Austria
Rain
In an unwelcome contrast to sunny Cochabamba, the Northumbrian heavens have been open almost all the time since my return, and without a moment’s pause in the last four days. The unsightly stables on the side of the house have now been dismantled, allowing an unobstructed view of the river. […]
Alberto Villalpando
Ahora que ha sido exitosamente lanzado el libro de Luis Moya Invenciones sobre la sonoridad boliviana: estudio patrimonial sobre el pensamiento estético musical de Alberto Villalpando (Cochabamba 2009), reproduzco aquí el prólogo que escribí para esa publicación. Prólogo Sería difícil exagerar la importancia de Alberto Villalpando en la historia de la música […]
Misa de Corpus Christi
Esta obra fue escrita en 1977 y 1978. Su estreno fue el 20 de junio de 1978 en el Teatro Municipal de La Paz, a cargo del coro Niños Cantores del Valle, la Sociedad Coral Boliviana y la Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Bolivia, bajo la dirección del entonces veinteañero compositor. […]
Festival Latinoamericano de Música, further thoughts
On reflection, I will say who the figures were that left a lasting impression. Participating colleagues are unlikely to read these lines, and if they do they will understand, I’m sure, that any omission is the result of specific affinities on this occasion, and not a sign of failure to […]
XVI Festival Latinoamericano de Música, Day 5
Sunday 30 was the day of my departure, but not before the final event of the festival, a morning concert by the soloists from the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble of Indiana University. I had known their conductor, the excellent Carmen Téllez, from a distance, in her capacity as director of the […]