Revisiting One Body for Today
“And I speak of the goddess I speak of the goddess I speak of the beautiful goddess O tell them what I would say…” The One Body of Gaia...
JOHN KENNEDY
CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER
The Breath of Music
[A version of this essay first appeared in NewMusicBox.com when Kennedy served as President of the American Music Center.] In my...
The Sonic Shadows of Lachenmann
[Originally appeared as a program note for Spoleto Festival USA's 2016 U.S. Premiere production of Helmut Lachenmann's opera "Das Mädchen...
Beethoven Transformed
Originally appeared as program notes for a program at Spoleto Festival USA, June 3, 2014, featuring: Louis Andriessen - The Nine...