Classified by some as 21st Century Classical THE FLOWER IN THE MIRROR WAS DEAD is a strange and beautiful collaborative collection of scored spoken prose which explores themes of loss, longing, misunderstanding, death, and the slipping of time.
A deeply reflective story about how we listen (and don't listen) to music and why. Inspired by a memorable exchange I had with a very angry man sitting next to me at the Ojai Music Festival during a Steven Schick performance of John Luther Adams' “The Mathematics of Resonant Bodies I-VIII.” This photograph, unknowingly capturing the moment, was in the following Sunday's New York Times. That's my head in the far right corner, and my conversation partner is in the red hat.
A playful romp through my shock and delight one morning as I heard Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic's marvelous take on Beethoven's work. I play "air cello" in this one. Aired on Studio 360 (WNYC/Public Radio International)