Antoni Pizà Interviews with Radio Nacional de España 15 January 2013: Director Antoni Pizà was interviewed by Radio Nacional de España (RNE) about his new publication La dansa de l’arquitecte (Ensiola 2012). The new book is a compilation of essays on a wide range of topics from concert music and opera to jazz and popular music (including musical events, recent books and recordings, and especially Catalan composers and musicians) originally published between 2003 and 2012. Listen to the entire interview below: http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/entrev.-ANTONI-PIZA.mp3
Charles Rosen, 1927-2012 The Brook Center mourns the passing of Charles Rosen, celebrated pianist and writer upon whom President Barack Obama conferred the National Humanities Medal in early 2012. Rosen was the author of the acclaimed The Classical Style, a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, and a passionate advocate of new music. Rosen inaugurated the Brook Center’s new Music in 21st-Century Society lecture series, delivering an inspired talk as well as captivating piano playing, on 18 April 2012, perhaps his last public lecture and performance. Here is that lecture and performance:
Spanish Radio Interviews Antoni Pizà 6 November 2012: IB3 Radio interviews director of the Foundation for Iberian Music Antoni Pizà about recent New York and U.S. events. In the interview, Prof. Pizà discusses the impact Hurricane Sandy had on the New York state and region and the importance of the upcoming national elections. Listen to the interview below or in the Audio Archive. http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/Memo-1.mp3
Antoni Pizà Interviewed on IB3 Radio 30 July 2012: Director of the Foundation for Iberian Music, Antoni Pizà was interviewed by Noemí Garcies on the program Tassa i Mitja on IB3 Radio on July 30, 2012. Prof. Pizà spoke about his most recent publication, En la república del ruido: crónicas musicales desde Nueva York (Edicions Documenta 2012). Listen here for the full interview or visit the Audio Archive. http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/IB3-Interview1.mp3
Summer Course at Besalú: Medieval Music Performance (12th-14th c.) 19 September 2012: The Summer immersion course 1st International Course on Medieval Music Performance (12th-14th c.) Besalú (July 9-14, 2012) was a tremendous success. Students attended from diverse areas, such as Japan, Belgium, Canada, Catalunya, Mexico, and Portugal. Below, there are links to YouTube videos of the students’ performance during the course. “Luto carens et latere” “Flos ut rosa floruit” “Tierche estampie roial” “A chantar” “Al’entrada del temps clar”
Listen to the NYC Andalus Ensemble 17 July 2012: Last Spring, on May 17, 2012, the NYC Andalus Ensemble coordinated by Samuel Thomas (Ph.D. candidate in Ethnomuiscology) and directed by Rachid Halihal, performed at the CUNY Graduate Center’s Elebash Recital Hall. Now, the music from the entire concert is available to listen to in the Audio Archive. The recordings include both commentary and introductions to each song by the musicians. Listed below is the evening’s program with translations of each piece. 1. Lamouni Ellee Gharoo Minee (People Jealous of Me, Ridiculed Me) 2. Qum Tara (Stand Up and See) 3. Ya Rayah (Yh Journeyman) 4. Ya Qalbi Khalee Alhal (Oh, My Heart, Let This Pass) 5. Shams Ul’Ashi (The Evening Sun) 6. Lamma Bada (When She Begins to Sway) 7. Bain El Barah W’Al Youm (Between Yesterday and Today)
New Performance of “Songs of the Infinite” 10 July 2012: “Songs of the Infinite” the 2010 Composer’s Commission was performed in its full-orchestra version by the Orquestra Simfónica Ciutat d´Eivissa with Conductor Adolfo Villalonga in Ibiza, Spain on December 18, 2011. The premiere of this piece was performed at Carnegie Hall on October 24, 2010. A video of this performance is available on YouTube: click here.
Alan Lomax in Spain 18 March, 2012: IB3 Radio interviews Director Antoni Pizà on the recordings of Alan Lomax in Spain. All of the Alan Lomax recordings have been restored, digitized, and cataloged, and his life’s work is now available online on the website of the Association for Cultural Equity. The radio segment is available on the Audio Archive. Click below to listen to the program. http://brookcenter.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/http___media.ib3alacarta.com_11509412-2680-4cbe-b63c-eee6cc5b7f04_68287d2f-0acc-4c61-b5f4-edd0a39f3fe4_6-116-4783.mp3
New Music Added to the Foundation for Iberian Music’s Audio Archive 9 March, 2012: The Foundation for Iberian Music’s Audio Archive has recently been updated with recordings from past music events that have not been previously digitized for website access. The recordings that are now available are The Remarkable Journey of J.B. Sancho: Pioneer Composer of California (April 30, 2007), Composers’ Discoveries: The Songs of Antoni Parera Fons (February 14, 2007), and New Music by Román Alís and Salvador Brotons (May 3, 2007). Additional information about each of these events is available in the Past Events Archive.
Listen to The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch 10 January, 2012: The recordings from the 20 October, 2011 concert “The Travels of Tirant Lo Blanch: Music and Chivalric Splendor” are available in the Audio Archive. The concert was part of the series Music in Midtown at the CUNY Graduate Center. Below is the concert’s program and more information about the Capella de Ministrers and Carles Magraner. NY Tirant programa