The fortieth annual Kilkenny Festival in Ireland presents the newest work by Michael Gordon, called Dry, written for and premiered by the Crash Ensemble. Over the last 16 years, Crash Ensemble has established itself as a “a powerhouse of new music” (The Irish Times) renowned for commissioning, producing and performing the most adventurous and exciting […]
Read MoreFrom May 11-19, Long Beach Opera stages Michael Gordon’s opera Van Gogh. Based on Vincent Van Gogh’s letters to his beloved younger brother Tlusteheo, an art dealer and often Vincent’s sole means of personal and financial support, Gordon’s powerful opera has been praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “puls[ing] with a distinctive brand of […]
Read More[video:http://youtu.be/aT5B6tmNYWA width:300 height:300] It’s been a long time coming, but Shelter is finally here! The latest collaborative work by Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe is a modern oratorio that reunites the Bang on a Can founders with Deborah Artman (author of the libretto for 2001’s Lost Objects). Produced by Michael Riesman, this premiere […]
Read MoreOn Sunday March 17, Michael Gordon’s newest work for orchestra, Beijing Harmony, is premiered by Kristjan Jarvi and the Beijing National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra. Gordon writes about the new work: I wrote Beijing Harmony as part of Composing China, a project in which I (along with four other composers) was asked to […]
Read MoreMichael Gordon’s percussion sextet Timber, “six players, six two-by-fours, one hour of aural hypnosis” (TimeOut NY) is toured from Canada to Ireland to Germany and beyond by co-commissioners Slagwerk Den Haag and Mantra Percussion. 8 March Muziekgebouw — Amsterdam (SDH) 9 March Vancouver New Music — Canada (MP) 15 March Maerzmuzik — Berlin (SDH) 21 […]
Read MoreCommissioning Rushesby Dana Jessen http://www.newmusicbox.org/articles/commissioning-rushes/ As musicians, we frequently talk about the process of composing music. Most often we discuss the various methods a composer goes through to realize his or her work. Yet there is another facet of such an undertaking that often isn’t discussed—the performer’s side of commissioning a large-scale work. On September […]
Read MoreMantra Percussion’s New York premiere of Timber at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, December 13-15, has been listed as one of the top ten performances for 2012 by Alex Ross (The New Yorker) and Steve Smith (TimeOut New York).
Read MoreMantra Percussion’s New York premiere of Timber at the Brooklyn Academy of Music received a great review from Steve Smith and great reactions from the three nights of audiences and BAM staff: “Michael Gordon’s Timber is its own religious experience, and the members of Mantra are the rhythmic monks who make it so.” — Sarah […]
Read More[video:http://youtu.be/umhQdxwn26M width:250 align:center] On Thursday, November 8, Michael Gordon’s newest work, Rushes for 7 bassoons, is given its European premiere by the Rushes Ensemble at the November Music Festival in Den Boasch followed by a tour in The Netherlands and Belgium: November 10 – GLOW Festival in EindovenNovember 11 – Rushes and Timber at the […]
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