I had never really read him . . . a few tales here and there, the novel ‘Enemies’ . . . until I opened a volume of his ‘Collected Short Stories’ not long ago. It has kept me riveted.
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The war made a quick mess of the family.
‘The Wild Heart’
Dylan Mattingly Makes Debut on Nonesuch Records
When you’re a young composer, perhaps your most formidable problem is not just learning your craft but getting your music played. To solve that problem two Bard College undergrads — Dylan Mattingly and David Blum — put together a band of fellow Bard musicians. Sixteen years later that band still thrives, performing the works of many contemporary composers. And Mattingly’s own music has since been commissioned and presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Ojai Music Festival. Now he makes his debut on Nonesuch Records with the release of ‘The Wild Heart.’