Tue. 8 pm. This Tuesday on Contemporary Classics we feature foreign composers in Paris in the 1920s – specifically focusing on chamber music composed while in Paris or inspired by their time in Paris. 10/30/2018
Tue. 8 pm. Contemporary Classics is featuring music by composers who will have their music performed at the Birmingham Art Music Alliance’s New Music Festival in Birmingham Alabama from October 18-21. The Festival features compositions for electronic music, electronic music with instruments and pure instrumental music by both composers who are members of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance and from the New York Composers Circle. 10/16/2018
Tue. 8 pm. This week on Contemporary Classics I continue to celebrate the music of Leonard Bernstein with my third show this year honoring the centenary of Bernstein’s birth. This week we have his Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1; Chichester Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Missa brevis, Divertimento; La Bonne Cuisine (Four Recipes); and as many of the dance episodes from the Fancy Free Ballet that we can squeeze in. 10/02/2018
Tue. 8 pm. On Contemporary Classics, Dave Lake interviews British composer Oliver Leith and will be talking about two of his works “Dream Horse” and “Pushing My Thumb Through a Plate”. In addition we will have music by other British composers including Thomas Ades, Harrison Birtwistle and John Tavener. 09/18/2018
Tue. 8 pm. Second show on Paris in the 1920s. We will be featuring music written in Paris during the 1920s. This is the second episode also featuring music from ballet dance companies being active during that time. Music from Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Henri Sauguet and Francis Poulenc. 09/11/2018
Contemporary Classics on Tuesday night will be devoted to the music of George Walker who died this past week. He was the first black composer to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music with his work “Lilacs”. 09/04/2018
Tue. 8 pm. This week on Contemporary Classics is my interview with composer Joel Davis who works at Samford University in Birmingham Alabama. We will be focusing on his work String Quartet #1 “Vespers”. In addition we will be having music by composers who were part of his training Peter Boyer and Edward David Zeliff. It will be a very interesting and. enjoyable show (if I do say myself). 08/28/2018
Tue. 8 pm. This coming Tuesday on Contemporary Classics I will be doing a follow-up to the show I did on Brian Renner’s Beyond the Liner Notes with a show entitled Paris in the 1920s, and….08/21/2018
Tuesday 8pm, on Contemporary Classics we will do a second week celebrating the recent Bang on a Can Festival at MassMOCA in North Adams Massachusetts. 08/14/2018
