postclassical

[pohst-klas-i-kuhl]

adjective

1. of or relating to a time after the classical period, especially in art, culture, or literature.

2. of or relating to a time after the classical period of ancient Greece and Rome.

Example Sentences

On Wednesday night at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theatre, the PostClassical Ensemble led a quick and beguiling expedition 100 years into the past and about 4,000 miles to the east.

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Music director Angel Gil-Ordóñez has recently taken the reins of PostClassical following the departure last year of longtime executive producer and historian Joseph Horowitz.

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But PostClassical also excels at playing professor — demonstrating not just how the music of a given time and place sounds but why.

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Taylor, who has worked as comfortably with Leopold Stokowski and Pierre Boulez as with Duke Ellington and Thad Jones, has a long and fruitful relationship with PostClassical.

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This is partly a credit to PostClassical’s extreme delicacy in its handling of Simon’s arrangements.

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