Our 50th anniversary exploration of Creative Orchestra Music 1976 brings us to the intersection of Stockhausen and the AACM as we revisit Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 59 in both its original studio version and in a live performance recorded two years later in Stockhausen’s home city of Köln. Also joining us is Cecil Taylor, the ultimate “outside” pianist, via the just-released recording of his last public performance in 2016. We preview yMusic’s upcoming appearance in the Northwest and Seattle Opera’s new production of Gregory Spears' Fellow Travelers (the latter prompting a mini-review of opera history that gauges the present value of the Puccini lineage as we approach the centenary of his final opera Turandot). Lee Hoiby and Friedrich Cerha also have centenaries to observe. And new recordings of music by Sebastian Fagerlund, Charles Wuorinen, Theresa Wong, Frederic Rzewski, Yang Lingyuan, Gianluca Verlingieri, Uwalmassa and The Vex Collection round out the proceedings.
