Cantaloupe Music

03/26/2025

“Carla Kihlstedt and Present Music will perform 𝟮𝟲 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 on March 26 and 27 at the Jan Serr Studio on Milwaukee’s east side before they zip down to Knoxville, Tennessee, to perform it there on March 29 as part of the 2025 Big Ears Festival.”

Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and preorder the forthcoming CD from our Bandcamp page!

https://carlakihlstedt.bandcamp.com/album/26-little-deaths

https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2025/03/20/carla-kihlsted-present-music-edward-gorey-26-little-deaths/82496953007/

Composer Carla Kihlstedt and Present Music teamed up for songs based on a macabre little book by artist Edward Gorey.

03/05/2025

THIS SUNDAY March 9: Don't miss Anzû Quartet at Roulette in Brooklyn, where they'll be previewing work from their upcoming album 𝙖𝙙𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩, out April 25 on Cantaloupe. Tickets are still available!

This Friday you can also stream the album's first single, Anna Webber's "adjust (part ii)," on all platforms, and preorder the CD on our Bandcamp page (link in the comments below).

A premiere of three ambitious new works performed by members of Bang on a Can, Mivos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, and Bearthoven.

02/28/2025

Now playing on John Schaefer's New Sounds: a preview of Carla Kihlstedt's amazing collaboration with Present Music, coming March 28 on Cantaloupe.

26 Little Deaths is inspired by Edward Gorey's macabre classic The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and will be performed in its entirety at this year's Big Ears Festival on March 29!

https://www.wnyc.org/story/4981-new-releases-feb-2025
https://carlakihlstedt.bandcamp.com/album/26-little-deaths

There’s music by violinist and vocalist Carla Kihlstedt based on a book by Edward Gorey; the inverted string quartet OWLS; Icelandic composer María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir; and more.

02/28/2025

We now have not just one, but TWO outstanding projects in preorder!

First up: Composer, singer and violinist Carla Kihlstedt's latest album 𝟚𝟞 𝕃𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕝𝕖 𝔻𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙𝕤 celebrates the macabre wit of iconic writer and illustrator Edward Gorey (1925-2000), whose 100th birthday fell on February 22, 2025. Her distinctive voice and violin are backed by the intrepid ensemble Present Music, conducted by David Bloom.

If that weren't enough, the brand-new Anzû Quartet — featuring Olivia De Prato (violin), Ashley Bathgate (cello), Ken Thomson (clarinet) and Karl Larson (piano) — is pleased to announce their first full-length studio release of premiere recordings, with new works by Thomson (𝘜𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺) and fellow composer Anna Webber (𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵, which lends the album its title).

Visit our Bandcamp page today, or click the links in the comments below — and stay tuned to this space for more updates! https://cantaloupemusic.bandcamp.com/

02/04/2025

NEXT TUESDAY (Feb 11 in NYC): Don't miss Theatre of Voices at Carnegie's Zankel Hall for an exciting program of premieres, including new works by Julia Wolfe and John Luther Adams, and a special pre-release performance of Michael Gordon's 'A Western'.

Digital singles from the split album of 'A Western' and Caroline Shaw's 'How to fold the wind' (recorded by Ars Nova Copenhagen) are streaming now on all platforms. Both recordings will be available on one CD exclusively at the concert, and for purchase from our Bandcamp page on February 14. Stay tuned!

The Grammy Award–winning vocal ensemble performs works by Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and John Luther Adams at Carnegie Hall. Tue, Feb 11, 2025. Official Site.

01/24/2025

TODAY at 11AM on YouTube: don't miss the premiere of the visually arresting short film, directed by Taphat Tawil and animated by Andrew D. Zimbelman, for producer and composer David Handler's debut single "Life Like Violence circa 2003, or: Untitled Caprice," from his forthcoming full-length album LIFE LIKE VIOLENCE, out in May.

The single is now streaming on all platforms!

Life Like Violence ca. 2003, or: Untitled Caprice, the debut single from composer David Handler, is an audio collage about betrayal. An earnest, heart-on-sle...

01/19/2025

If you’re looking for ways to help out musicians, composers and producers who’ve been affected by the LA wildfires, this is the place to start — and you can also find links to help many other families in Altadena, Palisades and Pasadena.

01/18/2025

ICYMI: Now that 2025 is in full swing, get lifted with this outstanding retrospective that digs into Bang on a Can’s minimalist roots and leanings, exhaustively researched and written by George Grella, and published recently on Bandcamp Daily.

Where to start with the ensemble that brought Brian Eno into classical music.

12/20/2024

Still curious about 'poor hymnal,' David Lang's latest collaboration with The Crossing? Here's everything you need to know in today's New York Times, from the composer himself!

Many Christmas standards were not written by Christians. David Lang explains the appeal for him, a Jewish composer of a modern holiday classic.

12/15/2024

TONIGHT at 6PM in NYC:

Phil Kline’s beloved holiday cult classic UNSILENT NIGHT is performed by the public for its 33rd year, while more than 30 cities around the world participate throughout December.

Kline’s luminous 45-minute soundscape is performed on boomboxes and amplified phones carried through city streets and parks
(each participant plays one of four separate interwoven tracks).

Get in on the festivities this evening, starting at the Washington Square Park arch in the West Village, and check out the original recording on our Bandcamp store 🎶

📸 Taylor Davidson

Phil Kline's Unsilent Night

12/13/2024

And just to reiterate:

https://bit.ly/cantaloupe_2024_holiday_sale

12/13/2024

OUT TODAY: 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙮𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙡 is one of David Lang’s most moving and heartfelt pieces — a powerful musical statement that, like his beloved 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, seeks to get to the core of what a religious experience can be.

Recorded by The Crossing choir with conductor Donald Nally, this extraordinary album is just what we need as we head into the holiday season.

Listen now, and join us in Philadelphia and New York on December 20-22 for a special series of holiday performances.

Listen to David Lang: poor hymnal by David Lang, The Crossing, Donald Nally.

12/13/2024

Splinter Reeds' Dark Currents disc has landed a spot on Bandcamp's Best Contemporary Classical Music of 2024!

"...listening to the meticulously placed sonic strata produced by Splinter Reeds on my speakers, I’ve been tuned in and turned on." — Peter Margasak

Take a listen:

Our guide to the year's best contemporary classical releases.

12/12/2024

TONIGHT in Brooklyn: Tickets are going fast for the Bang in a Can All-Stars’ one-night-only performance of the music of Julia Wolfe at National Sawdust! Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7:30 sharp.

Meanwhile, please feel free to browse the music in our Bandcamp store (apply the code 𝟮𝟰𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 at checkout to take advantage of our 30% off holiday sale) 🎶

https://bangonacan.bandcamp.com

https://juliawolfemusic.bandcamp.com

https://www.nationalsawdust.org/event/bang-on-a-can-all-stars-play-julia-wolfe

The electric Bang on a Can All-Stars play an intimate concert of music by Bang on a Can co-founder Julia Wolfe – a set of new, recent, and ‘classic’ works featuring Wolfe’s signature combination of driving rock energy and minimalist serenity. Join Bang on a Can and National Sawdust for this ...

12/06/2024

It's Bandcamp Friday, so go for the double-whammy...you know you want to! Join in our annual holiday sale for 30% off anything in our store, and *at the same time,* because Bandcamp is waiving its revenue share today, your purchase will more directly benefit the label and its artists.

As always, we thank you for your kind support 🎶 https://cantaloupemusic.bandcamp.com/music

11/29/2024

We’re on! Head over to our Bandcamp store for the launch of our annual holiday sale — 30% off everything until New Year’s Eve; just apply the not-so-secret code at checkout.

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all! 🙏

https://cantaloupemusic.bandcamp.com

11/27/2024

💿 NOW IN PREORDER, with tickets on sale for the December 21 NYC premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall: David Lang’s 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙮𝙢𝙣𝙖𝙡, featuring The Crossing!

Like his Pulitzer-winning work the little match girl passion, Lang’s 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘭 tries to get to the core of what a religious experience can be. “What I love about hymnals,” the composer writes in his liner notes to the CD, “is that they’re a catalog of things a community of worshippers can agree on — a catalog that can be sung. And what the worshippers are singing about matters.”

𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘭 is a concert-length work written for the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally. Lang constructed the text by stitching together lines, phrases and poignant utterances from sources as varied as the Old Testament, Mahatma Gandhi and Tolstoy — to name just a few. As Lang explains: “This piece is trying to say: The reason we are coming together is to remember how important we are to each other, and to remember how important it is that we take care of each other.”

The Crossing will also present 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘭 on Dec 20 and 22 in Philadelphia; details at crossingchoir dot org slash upcoming

https://davidlangmusic.bandcamp.com/album/poor-hymnal

https://www.lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/poor-hymnal-656

14 track album

11/22/2024

STREAMING NOW on all platforms: “In Waves” is the latest single from Caroline Shaw's 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙, recorded by Ars Nova Copenhagen and planned for Feb 2025 release in tandem with Theatre of Voices’ recording of Michael Gordon’s 𝘼 𝙒𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣, both conducted by Paul Hillier.

Inspired by origami and using speech, inhaled notes, wordless melodies and innovative vocal effects, 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 is a study in layering individual voices together to form a complex but seamless whole that’s by turns contemplative, provocative and emotionally powerful.