Rose Dodd

Bachtrack — Hannu Lintu conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in an epic symphonic programme at Snape Maltings.

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gonzocircus.com — The wondrous array of female-initiated creativity, with amongst others Lisa Ullén, Sofia Jernberg, Witch Club Satan and a mash-up showcase of Scandinavian free improv, classical, jazz and metal, demonstrated how the future starts now. Rose Dodd was present from 4-6 November.

Opera Magazine — Both the beginning and the ending of Sycorax emerged from darkness, the sonic purity, shaping and reshaping of strings propelling the audience into the opera’s deeply crafted and expertly conceptualized workings. Embedded at the outer edges of the Vidmarhallen [Bern] performance space, male and female voices, cloaked in darkness opposite one another, emerged as a primordial, other- worldly force. Voices combined with strings, elegantly coaxed and shaped by the Dutch conductor Bas Wiegers: we are held fast within this soundworld until our release, 80 minutes later. Haas' new work is stark and stunning.

Bachtrack — Walking into the auditorium for Dutch National Opera's revival of Robert Carsen's 2009 production of there was much bustling as people claimed their seats. Glancing towards the stage gave the appearance of 'theatre in the round' with a wall of red plastic seating where other audience members seemed to be taking their seats.

Bachtrack — Appearing for the first time in a concert version, the Dutch premiere of Hans Abrahamsen's The Snow Queen conducted by Kent Nagano concluded NTR Zaterdagmatinee's season with a flourish. Taking Hans Christian Anderson's fairy tale, Abrahamsen shaped the text in collaboration with librettist Henrik Engelbrecht.

Bachtrack — Embarking on a creative life is not to be undertaken lightly, composing music being described to me once as a potentially dangerous activity. Stories and myths abound as to how that absurdly elusive, unquantifiable matter "inspiration" falls from on high, as notes finally onto a page.

Bachtrack — At the top of the programme, with the floor wide open, the exquisite delicacy of Rijnvos’ opening foray into his South American voyage breathed distinct life into his musical vehicle, the orchestra. Precision-orchestrated transcriptions of Brazilian, Amazonian rainforest creatures, derived from intricate computer analyses, the sonic form evoked hovering tightly above, oscillating skittishly from left to right. So scrupulously were the sounds formed and shaped photo: John Snijders Teatro Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil 2008

Bachtrack — With guidelines easing only a few days earlier, Saturday's NTR Zaterdag Matinee in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw was, for a number of reasons, very special. With stringent restrictions on choirs in the Netherlands throughout this recent period, those of us able to be present as part of the reduced audience were greeted with two works including chorus, Karin Rehnqvist's Silent Earth, completed in 2020, and Karol Szymanowski's Stabat Mater.

Bachtrack — Joanna Baillie (b.1973) and Cassandra Miller (b.1976) sketched sounds ranging from field recordings of urban Berlin, where Baillie lives, to birdsong of North American thrushes, hailing from Miller's birthplace in Canada, in a concert presented by the Dutch Ives Ensemble now celebrating their 35th season.

Bachtrack — In Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw, the Danish String Quartet began its four-year Doppelgänger project, exploring Schubert's string quintet and the last three quartets, each to be paired with a signal commission. The grouping of composers within this extended conversation underlines the seriousness of intent.

Bachtrack — The exquisite Ine Aya', presented in the opening week of the 2021 edition of the Holland Festival, is a work which defies easy categorisation. With genesis in two classic works, the Kayan epic Takna' Lawe', from Kalimantan (West Borneo) and Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Ine Aya' weaves these together authoring a narrative about the urgency for humankind's guardianship of nature and earth's finite resources.

anothertimbre.com — Interview: Rose Dodd talks to Linda Catlin Smith You have said that your intention in your work is to be left to go your own way, 'I compose my identity, through my life and my work.' Could you say a little more about this?

lecturis.nl — Louis Andriessen is de beroemdste componist van hedendaagse muziek in Nederland. Writing to Louis Andriessen: commentaries on life in music onderzoekt relevante werken uit de carrière van Andriessen. Het boek is een substantiele toevoeging aan het tot nu toe verschenen materiaal over zijn oeuvre.

Routledge — Christopher Fox (1955) has emerged as one of the most fascinating composers of the post-war generation. His spirit of experimentalism pervades an oeuvre in which he has blithely created his own version of a range of contemporary musical practices.

seismograf.org — Towards the end of October I received an invitation to the following in my inbox: ' Himdalen - outdoor concert' Himdalen, Akershus in Norway Time: 18:00 to 07:00 the next morning The entire evening and night outdoor in the dead of November A site-specific concert by Knut Olaf Sunde Knowing

gonzocircus.com — The Gaudeamus composer's competition is considered one of the benchmarks whereby any young composer can be judged at an international level to see if they're working with appropriate quality and an evolving original musical syntax in 'hedendaagse compositie'.

VAN Magazine — An Interview with Frank Denyer By · Photography © Suhail Merchant · Date 7/26/2018 Frank Denyer's works draw from many sources. In the 1970s, he did ethnomusicological fieldwork with the Pokot tribe in Kenya. Studying at Wesleyan, he encountered musical giants Morton Feldman and John Cage, with Harry Partch providing undoubted additional influence.