Although I will make this brief, I wanted to be absolutely sure I said something clearly: hearing the Mivos quartet play the Lachenmann 3rd string quartet was one of the great musical experiences of my life. Lachenmann, within 10 seconds, offered up a vision of God-tier compositional mastery that was overwhelming to me. I know that many of the audience members felt basically the same way. It felt like an elemental spirit coming to life– autonomous, volatile, and powerful. A t

Hey everyone! During the day on Tuesday, I fluttered back and forth about whether I was going to go to this concert at Roulette. To think what I would’ve missed had I not coughed up the 22$ to go makes me shudder. This concert, part of the 70th anniversary Darmstadt celebrations, tip-toed out of the gate with a 1951 Luigi Nono composition, Polifonica-Monodica–Ritmica, played by the ICE. Softly ringing cymbals and ppp flute, clarinet, and french horn usher in a barely percepti