Peter Thoegersen has posted a digital realization of his Symphony IV: melodiae perpetuae on Bandcamp. This is an ambitious piece for full orchestra with a running time of just over 52 minutes. Symphony IV is a work in progress; it is intended to be poly microtonal and poly tempic in its ultimate for

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24.09.2025

Ken Ueno sings Sonic Calligraphies in the Tank (Recording review) – Sequenza21

Ken Ueno - Sonic Calligraphies (Off-record) Composer and vocalist Ken Ueno is a creator and performer of notated composition, sound art, and improvisation. A professor at UC Berkeley, Ueno’s singing involves extended techniques, with an investigation of throat-singing styles from many traditions

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04.10.2025

Reinier van Houdt & Andrew Liles – AMBIDEXTROUS CONSTELLATION – Sequenza21

On August 15 of this year, Reinier van Houdt and Andrew Liles released a new album titled Ambidextrous Constellation. With narration by Ash Kilmartin, Ambidextrous Constellation is a radio play that chillingly incorporates “...lists of gun specifications and transcripts of experiences of gunshot vi

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04.10.2025

Georg Friedrich Haas’ 11,000 Strings At Park Avenue Armory – Sequenza21

At first glance, it seems like a stunt: 50 pianos and pianists, plus 25 other instrumentalists, all arranged in a circle around the perimeter of the vast Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. They were there to perform 11,000 Strings, a 66 minute composition by Georg Friedrich Haas,

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Peter Thoegersen – Symphony IV: melodiae perpetuae – Sequenza21

Ken Ueno sings Sonic Calligraphies in the Tank (Recording review) – Sequenza21

Reinier van Houdt & Andrew Liles – AMBIDEXTROUS CONSTELLATION – Sequenza21

Georg Friedrich Haas’ 11,000 Strings At Park Avenue Armory – Sequenza21

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