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At the Kennedy Center, the NSO offers a bracing history lesson The Lorelei Ensemble joined the National Symphony Orchestra for the D.C. premiere of Julia Wolfe’s engrossing oratorio “Her Story.” The Lorelei Ensemble joined the NSO for Thursday night’s performance of Julia Wolfe’s “Her Story,” conducted by Marin Alsop. (Scott Suchman) February 28, 2025 Review […]

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This week, February 27 through March 1, two recent Wolfe works for orchestra receive commissioner premieres: Her Story (for orchestra and women’s vocal ensemble) is performed by conductor Marin Alsop, the National Symphony Orchestra and Lorelei Ensemble. Pretty, is performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by Music and Artistic Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Her Story Her Story (1-min video excerpt) performed by […]

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January 24-26, conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony perform Julia Wolfe’s Flower Power, featuring the Bang on a Can All-Stars. A concerto for the All-Stars and orchestra, with video art by Jeff Sugg, Flower Power was co-commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Danish Radio Orchestra. From Julia Wolfe: Flower Power is about optimism, idealism, […]

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On December 12 at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust, the electrifying Bang on a Can All-Stars play an intimate concert of music by Bang on a Can co-founder Julia Wolfe – a set of new, recent, and ‘classic’ works featuring Wolfe’s signature combination of driving rock energy and minimalist serenity. Join us for an end-of-year hang as Bang […]

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The New York Philharmonic has awarded David Lang the Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music — one of the world’s largest new-music prizes. In addition to a monetary award, the Kravis Prize includes a commission for a new work that the NY Philharmonic will premiere in the 2025–26 season. Lang’s receipt of the Kravis Prize builds on a decades-long […]

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 November 7, 8, 9 and 12 the New York Philharmonic and conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali perform Julia Wolfe’s Fountain of Youth. Fountain of Youth is noisy! Washboards! Wild trumpet screams! The search for the fountain of youth went on for thousands of years. Mythology has it that when someone baths in or drinks from the fountain […]

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 David Lang’s darker, a slow, methodical and moody exploration of sound for 12 strings, received its premiere release on a recording by NYC’s renowned Ensemble Signal, conducted by Brad Lubman. In their capable hands, the music becomes a piece that gradually unfolds with the fervor and foreboding of a cinematic thriller. Quite fittingly, Signal’s performance on Oct […]

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On August 9th at sunset, Hanzas Perons in Riga, Latvia presented GORDONIĀDES a marathon concert of epic proportions. Concertgoers will settle-in with sleeping bags and pillows to spend the night at the venue and experience hours of consecutive performances of Michael Gordon’s works for multiples: 8 for 8 cellos, Rushes for 7 bassoons, Amplified for 4 guitars, culminating in the […]

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