Vienna Philharmonic Week in New York
Aside from the unseasonably warm weather this week, the other sign that spring has come early to NYC is this week's arrival by the incomparable Vienna Philharmonic for their annual residency at
PROTOTYPE: David Lang’s “anatomy theater”
by Annette Gold “Where is evil?” sings Baron Peel (the booming, authoritative Robert Osborne), described as a “distinguished anatomist of talent and experience” by his contemporaries. Peel knowingly responds, “You
Brooklyn Chamber Music Society Presents Mozart, Beethoven, and Fauré
by Nick Stubblefield On cold, windy Brooklyn nights in January, warming up can be daunting. New Yorkers, like moths to a light, find comfort in small spaces — closer quarters
Preview: Staatskapelle Berlin’s Bruckner Cycle at Carnegie Hall
Tonight, the Berlin Staatskapelle kicks off an unprecedented nine concert survey of Anton Bruckner's complete symphonies at Carnegie Hall. Led by music director Daniel Barenboim – who incredibly made his Carnegie
PROTOTYPE Festival: Breaking the Waves
by Annette Gold(All pics by Steven Pisano) Following it's world premiere at Opera Philadelphia in September, the much-hyped Breaking the Waves had its New York City debut at the Skirball Center
Bang on a Can Kicks Off Ecstatic Music Festival
by Robert Leeper From Left: David Cossin, Derek Johnson, Robert Black, Ashley Bathgate, Ken Thomson, Vicky Chow, John Schaefer Downtown moved uptown last Monday as the Bang on a Can
Sxip Shirey Album Release at National Sawdust
by Nick Stubblefield It would be futile to try and encapsulate impressions of electro-acoustic artist Sxip Shirey's (pronounced SKIP SHY-REE) album release show at Williamsburg's National Sawdust in a single blog
The New York Choral Society Rings in the Holidays at Alice Tully Hall
by Nick Stubblefield With all the mayhem of travel, madness of scheduling, and the commercialism that has come to define modern-day Christmas-time, feeling "in the spirit" can seem like an insurmountable
Preview: Sxip Shirey Album Release Show on Monday at National Sawdust
by Nick StubblefieldElectro-acoustic composer, producer, and performer Sxip Shirey presents music from his upcoming album, A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees at Brooklyn's National Sawdust on Monday night. The show's special