MATA and VOX 2011
Two major events settle in NYC this week, turning the spotlight on the music of young and up-and-coming composers. Starting […]
Carnegie @ 120
While most folks were swigging back Coronas and 'Ritas last Thursday for Cinco de Mayo, I was at Carnegie Hall
Chiara Quartet and Matmos @ LPR
A great set in front of a packed house Friday night at LPR with the Chiara Quartet playing Jefferson Friedman's
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A New Ring
I first encountered Wagner's four-opera epic The Ring of the Nibelung in June 1990, when PBS broadcast the Met's then-new Otto Schenk production
Tenebrae
The Trinity Choir, performing the ancient rite of Tenebrae (including Allegri's Miserere), Trinity Church, 4/20/11.
The Power of Presence
Bucking the trend towards ever-younger music directors (see the LA Phil and the Philadelphia Orchestra), some may have considered the Chicago
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Stepgaard
Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan – the "it couple," if you will, of the experimental electronic music scene – have