Joe Cadagin holds a doctorate in musicology from Stanford University, where he completed a dissertation on composer György Ligeti. He is a regular contributor to Opera News magazine. You can read more of his work here. Articles By This Author Review More Exciting Discoveries at Volti Choral Concert Joe Cadagin - November 10, 2015 Composer Amy Beth Kirsten has provided Volti with the right kind of challenge: one that takes the audience on an electrifying journey. Review Mechanical Feats and Ecstatic Visions Appear in Adès/Cheng Recital Joe Cadagin - November 2, 2015 A technical tour-de-force of a duo recital focusing on Ades’ own music and influences. Review SF Chamber Orchestra Shows Its Experimental Side with Percussion Set Joe Cadagin - October 27, 2015 A wide-ranging program jumped from percussion to Debussy’s harp concerto to Bernstein’s Serenade (after Plato’s Symposium). Review Berkeley Symphony Explores Light Music Joe Cadagin - October 19, 2015 In Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica and Hector Berlioz’s Les nuits d’ete, sound color is deployed in the evocation of light. Review Too-Clever S.F. Symphony Performance Spoils Cage’s Renga Joe Cadagin - May 19, 2015 What happens when indeterminate music’s “happy accidents” are not so accidental? Review Percussion Music Wraps Up Project Ten-Fourteen Joe Cadagin - April 7, 2015 The S.F. Contemporary Music Players' season-long series of ten commissioned works reflecting on the human condition comes to an inspired close. Review Navigating the Shifting Seas of Boulez’ Solo Compositions Joe Cadagin - March 17, 2015 Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich successfully steer through the composer’s most challenging works. Review Where Angels Fear to Tread Loses Its Way Joe Cadagin - February 11, 2015 Mark Lanz Weiser's opera, at Opera San Jose, misses the mark Review Lamplighters' Candide Sparkles Even in Clunky Version Joe Cadagin - February 3, 2015 The Lamplighters Musical Theater production of Candide has a lot going for it, along with a few unavoidable flaws. Review Another John Adams Homage to Beethoven Joe Cadagin - January 27, 2015 Continuing on from Infinite Jest, John Adams continues to mine Beethoven for musical ideas. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5
