How does a contemporary composer breathe new life into a 450-year-old musical genre? If you’re San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, just add electronics, maracas and hand drums.
To mark the 150th anniversary of the maverick American composer’s birth, pianist Jeremy Denk releases an Ives tribute album that educates, delights and confounds.
When you consider the incredible wealth of culture available to us here in the Historic Triangle, the question is rhetorical; we’ve got culture in aces here.