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Tag: Charles Wuorinen

  • Classical Music in New York

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    Frederic Rzewski via last.fm The New Yorker previews some upcoming shows: BARGEMUSIC Under the leadership of the violinist Mark Peskanov, the floating chamber-music series has gone in for new music in a big way. The brash young Fireworks Ensemble (featuring the guitarist Oren Fader and the flutist Elizabeth Janzen) takes the stage for four concerts,…

  • Charles Wuorinen’s Cerebral Wit, Onstage at the Guggenheim Museum

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    Composer Charles Wuorinen is profiled. The first thing a visitor to the composer Charles Wuorinen’s Web site sees is a colorful caricature of Mr. Wuorinen by Arnold Roth. Mr. Wuorinen, bearded, balding, with a huge cranium and wearing a jacket lined with musical staffs, is at work on a score, looking amused. His pen, linked…