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By: Only Connect • VAN Magazine

Only Connect • VAN Magazine — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:25:26 +0000

[…] his program notes for “Stranger,” Nico Muhly writes that he “almost always” prefers prose to poetry as a composer; setting prose “offers a […]

By: Fooling Mother Nature • VAN Magazine

Fooling Mother Nature • VAN Magazine — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 15:44:41 +0000

[…] from Grieg, Liszt, Fauré, and Hahn, interspersed with top-tier commissions from Kevin Puts and Nico Muhly and a new work by Caroline Shaw. Fleming has also had a history of speaking openly and frankly […]

By: Adaptation in America • VAN Magazine

Adaptation in America • VAN Magazine — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 13:36:59 +0000

[…] commissioned by Minnesota Opera and based on the 2005 war drama “Joyeux Noël“; at the Met, Nico Muhly and Nicholas Wright’s “Marnie,” after Winston Graham’s book, on which the eponymous […]

By: I’m Not Doing Anything • VAN Magazine

I’m Not Doing Anything • VAN Magazine — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 10:48:21 +0000

[…] United States, Davis is among a cohort of contributors—including violist Nadia Sirota, composer Nico Muhly, and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas—who conjure art both on and off the air. Early in her […]

By: I Know, But: “Eine Alpensinfonie” • VAN Magazine

I Know, But: “Eine Alpensinfonie” • VAN Magazine — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:41:13 +0000

[…] doesn’t hold water. In our modern multimedia environment, no one thinks any less of Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Jóhann Jóhanssón or other such composers who frequently oscillate between composing film scores […]

By: Buried Treasure • VAN Magazine

Buried Treasure • VAN Magazine — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:17:09 +0000

[…] a way that meant I was unlikely to look beyond “hip” contemporary operas by George Benjamin and Nico Muhly when buying tickets. Through the Aldeburgh Festival’s production of “Peter Grimes” I […]

By: Critic Bashing • VAN Magazine

Critic Bashing • VAN Magazine — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:29:39 +0000

[…] could a critic possibly understand what we musicians do?”—that is deeply unappealing. Same with Nico Muhly’s blogged responses, from 2016, to some admittedly pretentious questions from a writer. The […]