Tim Rutherford-Johnson

Intriguing to put this against Mark Fell's record with Explore Ensemble from last year; on paper similar, in practice completely different. (And different again from whatever it was Aphex was doing a few years ago.)

The David Axelrod approach to orchestration I can get behind (even if it is very much NOT 'Kammer'), but I'm not completely convinced.

Twat dooming Reform? (4,7)

A genuine & lit - excellent.

RVW x Susan Cooper

What with all the Shibe and Aimard crossing my desk this month, I should probably just buy shares in Pentatone at this point.

As someone who moonlights as a copy-editor for a US-based publisher (and therefore spends a lot of time hand-inputting US punctuation), the fact that the em-dash has become a sort of watermark for identifying AI content is very demoralising.

This is the last of these that will be in front of the paywall. Future episodes will include Feldman, the wonderful Gilius van Bergeijk, autopsies in 19C Vienna (and 16C Leiden), Kurtág, various Erlkings, an important heatwave in New York, AND MORE. Subscribe! purlis.substack.com/subscribe

Eliane Radigue - Echos_Engsubs This is "Eliane Radigue - Echos_Engsubs" by Eleonore Huisse on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

In memory of Éliane Radigue the makers of this documentary have made it free to view online. What a lovely gesture

vimeo.com/541076521/d6...

Honestly, if they had a nightly hirundine forecast, I might start watching the news again.

'the hirundine forecast' 👍

Now up: Schubert Dub 3
purlis.substack.com/p/schubert-d... (includes a little story about Messiaen as gateway drug)

There will be a third (short) instalment of the Schubert Dub project out later today, after which future chapters will be moved behind the paywall. If you haven’t already seen them, why not read parts 1 and 2 here: purlis.substack.com/p/schubert-d... | purlis.substack.com/p/schubert-d...

Absolutely heartbroken to learn of the passing of the singular, inimitable Eliane Radigue.

I have everything to say and nothing to say so I'll simply pass along this link to an interview I gave on Eliane and her work. She is now, officially, eternal.

www.museoreinasofia.es/en/radio/son...

R.I.P. Éliane Radigue, one of the most innovative and radical composers of our century- if you haven’t heard her music yet, prepare for something simultaneously delicate and oceanic. I don’t love the word “genius” but she deserves it.

Farewell to French composer Éliane Radigue (1932-2026) who taught us the radical power of slowness, of patience, and attention stretched to the threshold of perception. Her work will continue to resonate—slowly, endlessly—like a tone that never quite fades.

YouTube video by straypixel Eliane Radigue - IMA Portrait documentary

RIP Eliane Radigue.

YouTube video by When Dubs Cry Eliane Radigue - Trilogie De La Mort (full album)

1932–2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrZ...

RIP the indomitable Éliane Radigue; a long and very rich life. I was very lucky to work with her; visiting her Paris apartment on Rue Liancourt was special. She lived there for decades, literally just around the block from Agnès Varda. Now there's a collaboration I would have loved to see happen.

London’s Early Drum & Bass Scene: A Photographer’s Story London’s early Drum & Bass and Jungle scene in the 1990's — the D&B music producers & Dj's by photographer Colin Hawkins

Some absolutely sensational drum and bass photos

colinhawkins.co.uk/londons-earl...

Had a great chat with Caitlin, Edward and Josh about this last week; really looking forward to it.

Album reviews: modernism, minimalism and melancholy — Five Lines Reviews of three recent releases from New Zealand artists featuring composers Annea Lockwood and Anthony Ritchie and classical guitarist Matthew Marshall.

Another generous review of my Annea Lockwood album - this one from Five Lines in New Zealand by Elizabeth Kerr. I look forward to presenting Annea’s work at @counterflows.bsky.social and @musicintheround.bsky.social this spring! www.fivelines.nz/articles/ul6...

Purposeful Listening 9 CDs reviewed by Richard Barrett, 1984 (Kobe Van Cauwenberghe et al.), Joseph Branciforte and Jozef Dumoulin; and thoughts on György Kurtág at 100

New newsletter! Containing: reviews of CDs by Richard Barrett, 1984 (Kobe Van Cauwenberghe/Mariam Rezaei/Sakina Abdou), and Joseph Branciforte/Jozef Dumoulin; plus personal reflections on György Kurtág at 100 purlis.substack.com/p/purposeful...

RIP Andrew Weatherall: A sonic revolutionary and free spirit Andrew Weatherall is a dance music legend who was uncompromising until the end

Six years ago, we lost the best of us. This obituary, insanely, is one of the easiest things I've ever written. It was like the words were ready-formed, so etched into my head has been his inspiration since my mid teens.

Screenshot of today's Times Cryptic crossword, no. 29469. 1D has been completed: "Trump card". The clue reads "Eccentric president introduces advantageous measure (5,4)"

"Eccentric" 😬

Great interview with a bona fide legend.

Julia Wolfe's LAD is pretty banging too; think I might prefer this to the original pipes version.

VERY late to the Sean Shibe party, I know, but I'm listening to softLOUD for A Thing, and my god that performance of Electric Counterpoint (a piece I must have heard a hundred times) is an absolute revelation.

György Kurtág turns 100 this week. For @bachtrack.com I spoke to one of his longest and most devoted performers, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, about Játékok, playing rather than speaking and getting *exactly* the right sound from a broken wine glass bachtrack.com/22/271/view/...

Grawemeyer award I had a truly lovely day today, taking in the news that I’ve won the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, for my cello concerto A Sutured World. It’s an incredible honour, and I’m grateful for t…

Prepping for an interview I'm giving tomorrow, I read this blogpost by Liza Lim on winning the Grawemeyer Award for Composition at the end of last year. And it struck me as such a Liza thing to do to use her moment to turn our ears to two colleagues instead: lizalimcomposer.com/2025/12/02/g...