This music is certainly not the John Adams of old. If you are looking for the pretty, agreeable harmonies of his most iconic works like Short Ride in a Fast Machine or his masterpiece Hallelujah Junction, you won’t find that here. Rather, this is the work of an older, more mature composer who no longer […]
Random rewards are an oft-studied psychological phenomenon. Humans and animals do not find themselves attracted to the predictable, but rather, the unpredictable, where sometimes they are awarded nothing, and sometimes they win big. Think about gamblers, for example, addicted to the on/off rush of win-big-or-go-home playing. Lang Lang has always been that pianist for me […]Read More
Max Richter was never supposed to be here. Here is a composer whose music, if observed in a notated score, would seem utterly simple, devoid of creativity and ingenuity. This is music based on simple chords, predictable voice leadings, and basic piano patterns. Such compositional tropes would, in the hands of nearly any other composer, […]Read More
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