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Thanks for 2011
It’s that time of year again– time to bask in the glow of Christmas-cookie-induced heartburn and reflect on all the ups, downs and lateral movements of the past year. And what a year it was. 2011 was a monster. Not in the Cloverfield sense, but definitely in terms of its massive tectonic shifts. Personally, IRead more..
New York by way of Sweden
Today, NYP embarks on a great adventure: we fly to Sweden to record our debut CD for acclaimed record label BIS Records. This afternoon we fly from JFK to Stockholm. From there, we drive roughly 80 km northeast to the village of Länna where we’ll spend 8 days recording in a beautiful 14th century stoneRead more..
NYP > one-trick ponies
There have been so many exciting developments to report over the past few months that it’s easy to overlook the work we do as individuals. Here’s a quick look at what’s everyone is up to at the moment… CHRIS has a few solo projects on the horizon including a performance with Ensemble for the RomanticRead more..
2010 in Review
Well, here it is— the last gasps of 2010. On the one hand, it seems like we just watched the ball drop on 2009. On the other, last winter seems like a lifetime ago. It’s been a huge year for New York Polyphony— full of ups and downs, but mostly ups. Big ups, actually. TudorRead more..
Lionel Power, animated (free download!)
It’s safe to say that Lionel Power (d. 1445) could never have imagined the digital world we live in. I doubt he even dreamed that his music (handwritten in a few books) would survive beyond his death much less be sung by a group of guys living in city 3,000 miles away more than 500Read more..
Off the cutting room floor
Thanks to Acis Productions, we were able to rescue a track from Tudor City that didn’t make the final cut: Thomas Tallis’ “Let God Arise in Majesty”. Maybe the key didn’t fit in the sequence, maybe it was a case of “more of the same”…who knows. But whatever the reason, it ended up on the cuttingRead more..
The joys of embedded video
Bells and whistles. One of the best things about the redesign of NYP.com is the ease with which EMBEDDED VIDEO can be incorporated into a post! Oh, technology– you are a friend, indeed.