Post Midnight Modern Composition

Another late-night session -

Julian Anderson - Book of Hours: Part I

Francis Dhomont  - Études Pour Kafka

00:00​ - Premieres traces du Choucas (2006)
Composer: Francis Dhomont
Commission: Reseaux des arts mediatiques, with support from the CCA , Musiques & Recherches
Premiere: October 21, 2006, L’Espace du son, M&R, Theatre Marni (Brussels, Belgium)

15:05​ - Brief an den Vater (2005-06)
Composer: Francis Dhomont
Writer: Franz Kafka
Commission: ZKM
Premiere: February 12, 2005, trans_canada, ZKM_Kubus (Karlsruhe, Germany)

32:11​ - A propos de K (2006)
Composer: Francis Dhomont
Commission: French State (Music Office)
Premiere: November 11, 2006, Salle Olivier Messiaen — Maison de Radio France (Paris, France)


Enjoy

Good Morning

America - Ventura Highway

Terrific 70s track - one of my favourites...

Ventura Highway · America from the album Homecoming
℗ 1972 Warner Records Inc.

Guitar, Piano, Producer, Vocals: America
Assistant Engineer: Chuck Leary
Remix: George Martin
Drums, Percussion: Hal Blaine
Bass: Joe Osborne
Engineer: Mike Stone
Writer: Dewey Bunnell

How Ap-peeling

Alan Braufman Valley of Search

Here is an  rare free jazz album -

Alan Braufman - Valley of Search [Full Album]

Alan Braufman "Valley of Search" album reissue June 29, 2018. Originally released in 1975 on India Navigation Records.

"A legend in free music" - Gilles Peterson / BBC6 Music


Alan Braufman – Saxophone
Cooper-Moore – Piano, dulcimer, recitation
Cecil McBee – Bass
David Lee – Drums
Ralph Williams - Percussion

In late 1974, India Navigation label owner Bob Cummins set up microphones in a New York City building’s storefront, documenting two short sets by the band with no alternate takes or additional cuts. These recordings became Alan Braufman’s debut album Valley of Search. Valley of Search has enjoyed a cult status among followers of this music, and it captures a unique and very alive historical slice of New York’s creative improvised underground.

Just Wondering

Do you have any house plants?

Are they located throughout the house or mostly in one room?

What would you be growing right now if you could?

Book 5 - Amanda Holden, Nicholas Kenyon etc. "The Penguin Opera Guide"

Amanda Holden,Nicholas Kenyon etc. "The Penguin Opera Guide" (Penguin)



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From 1995 this large paperback book has more than 150 composers profiled. Also, there are entries on more than 450 operas, providing details of the cast, a discussion of the work's background, plot synopsis, and more. A reference work to have by your side when you want to explore an opera new to you and surprisingly include s some modern composers such as Philip Glass and John Adams.

What we see in the opera house is a t1ny fraction of all opera, as a glance through The Penguin Opera Guide demonstrates. This is a guide to opera indexed by composer. so that other partners in opera's collaborative processes including those producers and designers - barely get a look in. Once again, this book's implicit suggestion is that opera exists first and foremost 1n its scored form, and only secondly in the theatre. Perhaps this kind of encyclopedia has to distort its subject in order to keep it manageable, and the ephemeral nature of opera in performance doesn't lend itself readily to this format; but still, an acknowledgment of theatrical reality wouldn't be out of place. Aside from that minor gripe, this is still a good reference book  to start your journey into opera. 

Good Night