#cedille

Nominated for two Grammys, Third Coast Percussion’s recording Standard Stoppages was part of the group’s twentieth anniversary celebrations. The group has long advocated for contemporary classical music, commissioning projects that have done a great deal to expand the repertoire for percussion ensembles. Standard Stoppages consists entirely of new works made by collaborators old and new to TCP.

Black Oak Ensemble ~ Avant l’orage: French String Trios, 1926-1939

We don’t tend to focus much on historical music here on ACL, but this album is a timely treat. Aside from the fact that the centenary of many of these pieces is coming up, many of us have been aware of parallels between the 1920s and ’30s and today. There was massive technological change, political radicalism and instability, wars, famines, and—last but not least—a global pandemic. It’s a…

David Schrader Plays Sowerby and Ferko

Cedille From the gorgeous photography of the cover, to the choices of the musical selections, their interpretation, and recording this is a love song to two fine Chicago composers, Frank Ferko and the late great Leo Sowerby. Here are two full discs of eminently listenable and fulfilling organ music by two of the best composers to write for that instrument in the 20th and 21st centuries. Organs,…

First came Holling C. Holling’s beloved 1941 children’s book, in which a young boy carved a Native American figure and set him on a journey to the sea, from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.  25 years later, a half-hour film was released; and now, 42 years after that, Third Coast Percussion reimagines the score. This is one of the highest-profile releases we’ve ever reviewed, as Third Coast…

Eighth Blackbird ~ Hand Eye

When an ensemble has won a quartet of Grammies, some begin to wonder: has the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences gotten it right?  It’s a fair question, considering the oddities that have piled up over the years (for example, rewarding Steely Dan for the wrong album).  Yet in this category, readers can breathe a collective sigh of relief.  Roomful of Teeth broke the Eighth Blackbird…

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