Music
November 17, 2009
I’m later to it than I’d like to be, but I wanted to offer some words on BMOP‘s Big Bang concert last Friday in addition to my earlier brief post of anticipatory excitement. The name of the concert is a clever pun. It not only refers to the percussion pieces that made up the program, [...]
Music
November 11, 2009
The BMOP is back. After a bit of a break following their excellent Voices of America Festival, they’ll be tearing up Jordan Hall Friday night with an ambitious concert entitled Big Bang. On the program: Edgard Varèse: Ionization Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro George Antheil: Ballet mécanique This is jarring music that involves bizarre large-scale [...]