Tanglewood festival sounds themes of diversity and coalescence Aug 13, 2009
The evening s other premiere, Zukofsky Songs, the latest from prolific centenarian Elliott Carter, showed how simultaneity is done: soprano Lucy Shelton and Boston Symphony clarinetist Thomas Martin giving split-screen views of nine Louis Zukofsky poems, sometimes from varying angles, sometimes from varying narrative distances. Monday night brought the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra to the stage. (Boston Globe)
Monday, August 03, 2009, Ron Silliman, Sillimans Blog Aug 4, 2009
Louis Zukofsky began his career with Poem beginning The, a parody of T.S. Eliot right down to the footnotes, a textual element that places both LZ & TSE thoroughly within the terrain of the book. Poets since Wordsworth & Blake have not focused on the role of the book itself simply because, for them, it was a given. (Harper's Magazine)
Festival of Contemporary Music at Tanglewood opens Aug. 7 Jul 31, 2009
(Carter will still have a presence, though: His Poems of Louis Zukofsky will be premiered on Aug. 9. . (Boston Globe)
Diversity of styles is key to Tanglewood contemporary music festival Mar 20, 2009
And for those worried that they'll miss Carter's music after last year's blowout, fear not: His "Poems of Louis Zukofsky" will have its world premiere on Aug. 9. Information. (Boston Globe)