April recognizes #NationalPoetryMonth in the U.S. an observance organized thirty years ago by the Academy of American Poets to increase awareness and appreciation of #poetry.

Today we’re listening to @bmop’s collab with @Odysseyopera, Dominick Argento: The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe, commissioned for the U.S. bicentennial. Charles Nolte’s libretto draws from many Poe works, including several of his poems: “The Bells”; “Ulalume”; and “Annabel Lee”, to name a few / https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dominick-argento-the-voyage-of-edgar-allan-poe

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Although the annual March observance of Women’s History Month in the U.S., highlighting women’s contributions to events in history and contemporary society, draws to a close this week, women daily continue to make history and influence their fields and culture writ large.

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Our recent partnership with @Odysseyopera on its presentation of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The Last Savage, is receiving enthusiastic reviews.

At Boston Musical Intelligencer (BMI), Lee Eisman celebrates #BMOP as “players who can make any composer sound great.” And the Arts Fuse’s Aaron Keebaugh writes Menotti’s “melodies soared, his orchestration swept grandly”, lauding the performance as “a reminder of why the composer struck such a popular chord during the 20th century.”

“ #Composition for me is an exploration, a voyage of discovery, and an endeavor of extremes”, writes Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. “It is important for me to balance the weight of the solo instrument against the weight of the #orchestra… there is a mutual support and interaction between the ensemble and soloist.”

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Dalit Warshaw says #BMOPsound’s Dalit Hadass Warshaw: Sirens features “a spectrum of her orchestral #music spanning multiple decades”: a trio of works with her primary instruments of piano and theremin pervasive throughout. Her music is widely praised for its lyricism, unique orchestral palette, distinctive harmonic vocabulary, emotional intensity, and vivid portrayal of character / https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/dalit-hadass-warshaw-sirens

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Joan Tower reflects upon #BMOPsound’s Joan Tower: Piano Concerto — Homage to Beethoven. “It has been a truly wonderful learning experience for me to have composed 12 concertos so far—four of which are on this recording. Unlike composing for #orchestra alone, the presence of a soloist creates a different focus that brings the soloist forward as an equal partner” / https://bmopsound.bandcamp.com/album/joan-tower-piano-concerto-homage-to-beethoven

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