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• Philip Glass – Geometry of Circles (1979)

  May 15

  “Geometry of Circles” is a series of unnumbered animation pieces created for Sesame Street in 1979. Cathryn Aison commissioned Philip Glass to write music for animation based on her storyboard… more ›

• Brian Eno – Brutal Ardour (1975)

  May 7

  Discreet Music (1975) is an album [liner notes here] by the British ambient musician Brian Eno. While No Pussyfooting may be his first ambient album and Another Green World features… more ›

• Andrew Poppy – Definitely Disco (2009)

  Apr 9

  On Sunday April 19, 2009, Definitely Disco premiered, a new short string quartet to be played by five different string quartets. “A battle of the quartets!” Part of the International… more ›

• Alban Berg – Lulu (1937)

  Apr 8

  She seduces, she kills, she winds up a prostitute and gets murdered by Jack the Ripper. Greed-filled, lusty Lulu is the 20th century’s greatest opera. I was 14 and in… more ›

• Matthew Whiteside – Ulation (For Viola and Computer) (2012)

  Apr 8

  Ulation uses the computer as a second instrument to listen to and enhance the viola. This is done through intended glitches and samples triggered when certain notes or gestures are… more ›

• Frederic Rzewski – The People United Will Never be Defeated! (1975)

  Apr 4

  The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975) is a piano composition by American composer Frederic Rzewski. The People United is a set of 36 variations on the Chilean song… more ›

• Matthew Whiteside – Dichroic Light (2012)

  Mar 28

  Dichroic Light for cello and live electronics composed by Matthew Whiteside played by Chandra Chapman on 27th March 2012 at Sonorities festival, Queen’s University, Belfast. more ›

• W.A. Mozart – Allegro Molto in C Major (1766)

  Mar 27

  “Allegro Molto in C Major,” a piano composition “found in a notebook in an attic” and believed to have been written by a 10-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The four-minute work… more ›

• John Cage – Branches (1976)

  Mar 26

  For John Cage, nature always provided an important source of inspiration. On a tour with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Arizona 1975, dancer Charles Moulton brought John Cage a… more ›

• Béla Bartók – Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (1911)

  Mar 25

  Béla Bartók’s vivid retelling of the ancient tale of Bluebeard and his unfortunate wives takes us into an altogether darker, more ambiguous world. This gripping music-drama – a masterpiece from… more ›