Sean Hickey and his new Delos recording gets an extensive feature on NewMusicBox: “…he also described the formative influences of recordings by Frank Zappa, as well as hearing a live performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra of Stravinsky’s Symphonies of Wind Instruments when he was 16 years old … all these elements fuse with an…
Sean Hickey: Cello and Clarinet Concertos Composer Sean Hickey Dmitry Kouzov, cello • Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet • Vladimir Lande, conductor • St. Petersburg Orchestras “He writes tonal, highly rhythmic music that’s easily grasped. Clarity, immediacy of expression, precise craftsmanship and a tannic, neoclassic bite are virtues…” Thus did The Detroit Free Press respond to Left…
My last full day in London was to be filled with other meetings, all of them pleasurable and/or surprising. First stop was to see our friends at Music Sales on Berners Street, the publishing group, and where several of us enjoyed a nice coffee and conversation. Next stop was to meet violinist Philippa Mo, one…
Briefly: what a day. April 23rd was one of those days I wish could be bottled and saved. It started, however, with sleeplessness. Mark and Gail have two dwarf hamsters that decided that 4AM was an ideal time to go wild on their wheel, climbing up and down their squeaky cage. Who would have thought…
I write from a Caffe Nero just off Farringdon Road, before I pay a visit to the folks at Wildkat PR. It’s always satisfying to arrive in Europe early in the morning but I think I surprised my friends Gail and Mark – who are kind enough to host me for part of this trip…
Departure I write this from a JFK terminal bar, awaiting my flight to Heathrow via Dublin. It occurs to me that I haven’t been to Ireland – which happens to be my ancestral home and which I’ve visited five times – in 12 years. Back in the 90s the Celtic Tiger couldn’t seem to be…
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