Sonic Grace
Our Sonic Grace audio blog is a place where musicians and composers tell us about a piece of music that changed everything.
Lukas Ligeti - Lonely Child (1980) for soprano and orchestra by Claude Vivier
Given that my father was György Ligeti, it wouldn't come as a surprise that I was exposed to the sounds of unconventional musics from a…
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Mandhira de Saram - Black Angels (1970) for electric string quartet by George Crumb
Growing up in a family of classical musicians, the music of Ligeti was nearly as familiar as Beethoven, certainly as challenging. However, the experience of…
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Rashaan Allwood - Momente (1962-1969) for solo soprano, four mixed choirs and thirteen instrumentalists by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Stockhausen’s Momente (1962-1969) for solo soprano, four mixed choirs and thirteen instrumentalists changed my perspective on new music. The piece uses improvisation to create textures…
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Claudia Chan - Fiori Di Fiori by Francesco Filidei
I have always been interested in contemporary music. This is what brought me to Germany, specifically to Cologne, where I've been based since 2011. When…
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Gordon Fitzell - Thème de la Fuite by Francis Dhomont
I came somewhat late to composing, so even well into my 20s, the world of new music held boundless mystery and intrigue for me. Scouring…
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Mari Alice Conrad - 70 Chords for Terry: a Meditation on String Theory for String Quartet by Pauline Oliveros
My musical training consists of traditional classical training but by the time I had hit my early teens, I was bored out of my mind…
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Amanda Smith - Einstein on the Beach
My relationship with classical music has been a complicated one, to say the least. So, when I think about what piece brought me to contemporary…
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Juliane Gallant - Piano Sonata Composed by Henri Dutilleux
The third movement of Dutilleux’s Piano Sonata, the Choral et variations, is a virtuosic exploration of the range of colours, articulations, and moods that can…
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