Hello everyone! I hope you are all well as we begin to transition from Winter to Spring… We know it’s happening not only by the noticeably longer days, but also by the fact that our Winter program at the Keller is already behind us and we are hard at work on the Spring… Read More
The Music Man
George Balanchine was an accomplished musician. In addition to his ballet training he studied piano, music theory, composition and harmony. He loved and respected music. Therefore, it stands to reason that Balanchine’s relationship to his music and especially the composers he worked with is so often written about. Read More
Listen: The Lost Dance
Electroacoustic music composer Owen Belton likes to make dreamy, eery, often lush soundscapes that mix symphonic orchestrations and instruments with found sounds and more traditional electronic drones and beats. He specializes in commissions for dance, theater and film and has had a fruitful long term working relationship with Kidd Pivot choreographer Crystal Pite (who you… Read More
Listen: Lambarena
Every day at noon, Nobel Peace Prize winning humanitarian doctor Albert Schweitzer would play Bach cantatas on the organ at his home in Lambarene, in what is now Gabon, west Africa. A visitor to the community of Lambarene was likely to hear the drums and traditional polyphonic chants of the townspeople mingle with the organ… Read More
Listen: Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy
Prep your ears for Christopher Wheeldon’s Liturgy by checking out this slideshow recording of the music for the piece, Arvo Part’s “Fratres: For Violin, Stringed Orchestra and Percussion.” Arvo Part coined the term “tintinabuli” to describe the stylistic choice common in his work to use a triad of bell-like tones that repeat in simple combinations… Read More
