SAM’S PICKS: THIS SEASON’S REVOLUTIONARY COMPOSERS BY SAM LOECK, PRINCIPAL BASS
The history of music is a long succession of game changers. Innovative composers have pushed the boundaries for hundreds of years and fostered the constant evolution of the art, all the way from Palestrina and Bach to Schoenberg and Boulez. Largely, it’s music by these revolutionary composers that has survived and is still performed in concert halls today; for every Mozart, Schubert, or Strauss, there were hundreds of common, conventional composers whose music was quickly forgotten after their 15 minutes of fame. Now I’m going to put on my music-history cap and nerd out about a few revolutionary composers whose music we’re performing this Season at the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra: Gustav Mahler, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten. 24 | PRELUDE calgaryphil.com | 403.571.0849
