Boyd McDonald, Joseph Petric, Peter Lutek — Heretic Threads

Out: April 7th, 2023 on Astrila Records (2xCD/ DL)
Genres: Classical Music, Early Music, Electroacoustic

www.boydmcdonald.com | www.josephpetric.com | www.peterlutek.com
Astrila Records : BANDCAMP

ABOUT: Longtime collaborators, fortepianist Boyd McDonald, accordionist Joseph Petric and engineer/ electroacoustic musician Peter Lutek congregate around the keyboard music of Joseph Haydn on this new two-disc affair.

Veteran performers McDonald and Petric each furnish parallel explorations of the same three Haydn pieces, each bringing their own interpretive sensibilities and the distinctive sonorities of their respective instruments. Meanwhile, producer Peter Lutek presents Sintering, a beguiling 27-minute electroacoustic work that posits various connections between these two interpretations that repurposes/ digitally manipulates both the primary recordings as well as audio ephemera excavated from the recording sessions. Together, these three disparate elements form a distinctive and engaging whole that probes new curiosities and poses pertinent questions for Haydn devotees, while also opening up inspiring pathways for the uninitiated.

COVERAGE:
Year-End — Ted Gioia, Best Records of 2023 (Honourable Mention), The Honest Broker
List — V13
List — Tinnitist
Review — Ron Schepper, Textura
Review — Ken Meltzer, Fanfare
Review — James North, Fanfare
Review — Rick Anderson, CD Hotlist
Review — Tom Haugen, Take Effect Reviews
Review — Matthew Whitfield, The WholeNote
Review — Gary Lemco, KZSU Zookeeper
Review — John Gilks, Opera Ramblings
Chart/ Radio — Experimental/ Contemporary Classical, CJSW (April 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (October 15, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Top 30 (October 8, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (October 8, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Top 30 (October 1, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (October 1, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (September 24, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (September 17, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental Top 5 (September 10, 2023)
Radio/ Chart — KZSU Classical/ Experimental (September 3, 2023)
Podcast — The Moderns, Episode 258
Radio — Noise, CJSW (August 17, 2023)
Radio — Music For A While, CKCU (August 9, 2023)
Radio/ Interview — Evening Eclectic, WRUU (July 9, 2023)
Radio — Accordion Noir, CFRO (July 5, 2023)
Radio — Vocal Cords, CJSW (July 3, 2023)
Radio — Back Porch Serenade, WORT (June 6, 2023)
Radio — The Avant Garage, CJSW (May 31, 2023)
Radio — The Avant Garage, CJSW (May 24, 2023)
Radio — The Avant Garage, CJSW (May 17, 2023)
Radio — Accordion Noir, CFRO (May 3, 2023)
Radio — Accordion Noir, CFRO (April 26, 2023)
Radio — Vocal Cords, CJSW (April 24, 2023)
Radio — The Classical Challenge, KKFI (April 19, 2023)
Radio — Electric Sense, CIUT (April 5, 2023)
Radio — In the Margin of the Other, WMBR (March 22, 2023)
Radio/Podcast — Pushing The Envelope (March 18, 2023)
Radio — In The Margin of the Other, WMBR (February 22, 2023)