Montagu James
Montagu James is a PhD student at Brown University studying modern European political and cultural history. He also enjoys composing and conducting.
Mahler’s 8th Symphony is an enormous and enigmatic work.
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Unlike more surface-level historically informed practice which has become the norm in early music ensembles, this project stands out in its surprisingly deep engagements with the ethical and practical challenges posed by “recreating” Wagner’s sound.
Can György Ligeti‘s only opera be understood as the composer’s own grappling with trauma, death, and memory of a past life?
