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A guide to livestream concerts during the coronavirus outbreak.
Here’s our preliminary list of freely available performances that can be heard (and seen) online, including live concerts to virtual audiences and shows from institutional archives. We’ll keep adding to this list, and we invite institutions and fans to send us new links as they come in.
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Video of the Week
DIFFERENT ZONES by Don Li for
Jojo Mayer & JACK Quartet
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Commissioned by the Lucerne Festival 2019, Don Li’s composition is based on a quote made by Jojo Mayer in a YouTube-interview: The drummer talks about the relationship between repetition and groove and how their effect induces a different state of mind (»different zones«). Rhythmical speech pattern and melody of his quote form the basic template of the one hour-long composition. Instead of exploring extravagant playing techniques for string quartet, Don Li focusses on block chords: Dark, perpetual and driven by hypnotic odd meters, they open the gateway to the »different zones«. This visually striking synopsis of the work offers a glimpse at this extraordinary collaboration.
Audio of the Week
“Losing Touch,” by Edmund Campion
“Losing Touch,” by the American composer Edmund Campion, a student of Gérard Grisey, has something of his mentor’s pristine microtonal rigor, combined with the West Coast influences of Harry Partch. Performed on vibraphone here by Fernando Rocha.
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Tweets
04.06.2020 • 03:05
One family. Two @MetOpera orchestra musicians. No paychecks until New Year's—at the earliest. https://t.co/WuWQc2HgWj03.06.2020 • 05:53
From @garrt, how the black Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano was written out of music history: https://t.co/v3UK1RBc0C02.06.2020 • 02:11
Met performances won't resume until New Year's. “If the crisis goes until January or February, I have to rethink wh… https://t.co/0vkZAp6zGG02.06.2020 • 01:20
Anna Netrebko, one of the Met's most popular singers, still performs in blackface https://t.co/IMyu3nK6EV https://t.co/sUd0hEZgxY31.05.2020 • 11:14
RT @hollyjmathieson:How the crisis will tectonically change classical music. https://t.co/zOkXMJrftPFollow @vanmusicmag