Tag Archives: Luna Pearl Woolf

Montreal Gazette | Montreal classical composer got long COVID, then a Grammy nomination

Posted on March 25, 2021 by oxingalemusic

Fire and Flood is a deliciously adventurous collection that Woolf refers to as a “composer portrait.” By T’Cha Dunlevy March 25, 2021 Luna Pearl Woolf caught COVID-19 on March 10, 2020, at a charity concert and dinner during a two-day trip … Continue reading →

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City News Montreal | Montreal opera composer and COVID-19 long-hauler nominated for a grammy

Posted on March 9, 2021 by oxingalemusic

By Alyssia Rubertucci March 9, 2021 MONTREAL – When Montreal opera composer Luna Pearl Woolf isn’t deep into her music work, she’s doing things like monitoring her heart rate just to keep her COVID-19 long-haul symptoms at bay. And after a whirlwind of … Continue reading →

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Ludwig van Toronto: Emotional Power and Bravura Performance in Tapestry Opera’s JACQUELINE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

“kudos to Woolf for her beautiful musical idiom and her brilliant execution” Continue reading →

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Opera Going Toronto reviews WOOLF’s JACQUELINE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

Jacqueline du Pré, legendary golden-haired young cellist, unrivalled heir apparent to Casals and Rostropovich, inhabited a life transformed by multiple narrators after her death in 1987 into an almost mythical saga. A relentless surge of rumours and anecdotes still swirls … Continue reading →

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SCHMOPERA reviews WOOLF’s JACQUELINE: COME FOR THE MUSIC, STAY FOR EVERYTHING ELSE

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

Tapestry Opera continues their 40th anniversary season with Jacqueline, a commission for Canadian librettist Royce Vavrek and American composer Luna Pearl Woolf; the end result, directed by Tapestry Artistic Director Michael Mori, is something of a living retrospective of the life … Continue reading →

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The Whole Note: Luna Pearl Woolf’s FIRE and FLOOD

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oxingalemusic

This month Tapestry presents the world premiere of American composer Luna Pearl Woolf’s latest opera, Jacqueline. Coinciding with this is the Pentatone release of Woolf’s Fire and Flood on the Oxingale label (PTC5186803 naxosdirect.com). This striking vocal disc features mostly recent works for a cappella choir (the Choir … Continue reading →

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Impromptu for Solo Viola

Posted on September 25, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Solo Viola | 7′ “…extended contrapuntal play…” for the viola

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Missa in Fine Orbis Terrae

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Choir and Organ | 11′

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Calgary Herald: Evelyn Glennie and Land’s End Ensemble provide spectacular evening

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

“Woolf seems to have carefully considered the relationship of physicality to the performers’ bodies, for example their height, physical performance characteristics and their physical relationship with the instrument. Set in shards of imitative Bach cello suite fragments, and buttressed with … Continue reading →

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Duo for Violin and Cello

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Violin and Cello| 3′

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Entanglement

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Cello and Percussion | 10′

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Act Without Words

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Clarinet in B flat| 15′

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Tippet Fugue

Posted on August 22, 2017 by oxingalemusic

By Luna Pearl Woolf | For Cello Piccolo and Harpsichord| 3′

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San Francisco Classical Voice: the Dizzying World of György Ligeti

Posted on August 13, 2017 by oxingalemusic

March 21, 2017 “Woolf’s illustrative music here … skillfully augments the performers’ movements. Short motivic bursts illustrate the sudden actions of the man falling off a box and throwing himself against a wall, for example —but  when he cradles the length … Continue reading →

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La Fabrique Culturelle TV: Cordes et discorde

Posted on May 8, 2016 by oxingalemusic

06 May 2016 Watch a four minute video of Luna Pearl Woolf’s 12 May 2016 Triptyque program at the Salle Bourgie, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from La Fabrique Culturelle TV. The program features Mélange à trois, One to One to One, and Rumi: Quatrains of … Continue reading →

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BETTER GODS

Posted on January 13, 2016 by oxingalemusic

Better Gods, an opera by composer Luna Pearl Woolf and librettist Caitlin Vincent, commissioned by the Washington National Opera, Francesca Zambello, Artistic Director,

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BroadwayWorld Review: BETTER GODS Soars at the Kennedy Center

Posted on January 11, 2016 by oxingalemusic

January 11, 2016 “Ms. Woolf’s gorgeous score is underlined by the use of traditional Hawaiian chants and her score utilized authentic instruments like the nose flute, Kala’au (percussive sticks), and Ili’ili (castanets), that are native to the island.”

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DC Metro Theater Arts: Review: ‘Better Gods’ at The Washington National Opera

Posted on January 11, 2016 by oxingalemusic

January 9, 2016 “Woolf’s new and original composition uses Hawaiian instruments to add an audible authenticity to the story. Throughout the opera the nose flute, Kalaʻau (warrior sticks made from strawberry guava trees), and ʻIliʻili (stone castanets) amplify the sadness … Continue reading →

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ConcertoNet: December Celebration – New Carols by Seven American Composers

Posted on December 7, 2015 by oxingalemusic

07 December 2015 “…in Luna Pearl Woolf’s How Bright the Darkness, an impressively vivid piece for women’s choir, baritone solo, strings, percussion, and harp. Woolf’s orchestration and harmonies paint the sparseness of nature. It is a piece where the listener can … Continue reading →

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Strings Magazine: Matt Haimovitz Returns to the Solo Suites and Intimate Venues

Posted on November 27, 2015 by oxingalemusic

Given his commitment to connecting with his audience, Haimovitz chose a unique way to share this passion with his listeners. He has commissioned preludes to the Six Solo Suites, created by contemporary composers from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. “It’s a way to bring these suites into the 21st century,” he says, “to have living, breathing composers grapple with the materials, Bach’s musical building blocks, and find their own take on it.”

The six composers bringing contemporary vitality to Bach are Philip Glass, Luna Pearl Woolf, Du Yun, Vijay Iyer, Roberto Sierra, and Mohammed Fairouz. Haimovitz has encouraged them to draw on folk melodies, just as Bach did in his day. As we spoke, the pieces were still being written, and Haimovitz’s excitement and anticipation is contagious. Continue reading →

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