Night After Night

Writing, a blog, and a newsletter. By Steve Smith.

Joseph Schwantner

  • Two Views of a King.

    Max Roach – "The Dream/It's Time," from Chattahoochie RedMax Roach, drums, composer; Odean Pope, tenor saxophone; Cecil Bridgewater, trumpet; Calvin Hill, bassColumbia; 1981 Joseph Schwantner – New Morning for the World ("Daybreak of Freedom")Willie Stargell, narrator; Eastman Philharmonia/David EffronMercury; 1983

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  • Ad libitum.

    Toy-piano advocate Phyllis Chen opens the new season of Barbès Classical—a casual series produced by the Concert Artists Guild's New Music/New Places initiative—on Sunday, September 12 at Barbès in Park Slope, Brooklyn, also celebrating the release of her new CD, Mesmers. (PhyllisChen.net) The partisans of queer opera blog Parterre Box are running up a tally

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