Mark Stryker Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Anthony Davis won the Pulitzer Prize today for his opera “Central Park Five.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-04/anthony-davis-pulitzer-prize-music-central-park-five-opera-long-beach%3f_amp=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 I would really like to hear this. I quite enjoyed both X and Tania - although in neither case, immediately or even almost immediately. I took a while to get "familiar" with both of them musically. But once the door cracked open, it didn't blow back shut, quite the opposite. Tania in particular...what a trip! Oh, Amistad - just ordered it. Have heard nothing about it, maybe it sucks? But oh well, lots of interesting music sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted May 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 1 hour ago, JSngry said: Oh, Amistad - just ordered it. Have heard nothing about it, maybe it sucks? But oh well, lots of interesting music sucks! I reviewed the premiere of ”Amistad” in Chicago in 1997. I can’t believe that was 23 years ago! It had issues dramatically—the libretto was too long, wordy, unfocused. Musically, it was more successful, especially in terms of the orchestra; vocally it was more inconsistent, and you could feel Davis still getting a handle on setting text and creating a lyric vocal line within his language. But I think you’ll like it, particularly if you know his other work across idioms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted May 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 BTW, here’s the jury for this year’s music prize as listed at Pulutzer.org William C. Banfield (Chair) Professor of Liberal Arts & Africana Studies, Music and Society, Berklee College of Music Jon Batiste Bandleader/Musician, New York City David Bloom Conductor; Co-Artistic Director, Contemporaneous Kevin Puts* Professor of Composition, Peabody Institute, Johns Hopkins University William Trafka Former Director of Music, St. Bartholomew’s Church, New York City *past Pulitzer winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 What is Jon Batiste up to that is Pulitzer-worthy? I only know him from Treme, Colbert, and the random thing or two that seem to sound more "feel-good-y" than actually felt good (t me, anyway). Is he up to something big? Oh, I see, he's on the jury, not a recipient. Never mind, I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Pretty amazing. C Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted February 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Long profile of Anthony Davis in San Francisco Classical Voice published February 6, 2021. "Composer Anthony Davis imagines his freedom" https://www.sfcv.org/article/composer-anthony-davis-imagines-his-freedom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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