Author name: Peter Matthews

Feast of Music covers live music in NYC, and occasionally other places. Launched in 2007, it aspires to give equal voice to all kinds of music: everything from an indie show in a Williamsburg dive, to an orchestra concert in Carnegie Hall. As Duke Ellington once said: "There are only two kinds of music: good music...and the other kind."

Europe Album

Finally got around to posting the rest of my music-related pics from Paris, Brussels and Amserdam. You can view them online here.

Museum Music

  It's good to be back in New York. And, no better homecoming than last night's Wordless Music show at the Whitney, part of the Whitney Live series of free, Friday

This is a Concert Hall

One thing I didn't get the chance to post about during my recent travels that warrants a mention was the concert I saw two weeks ago at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. The Concertgebouw,

A Saint in Three Acts

“My starting point (in writing Saint Francois d’Assise) was inspiration pure and simple, inspiration as powerful and incomprehensible as love.” – Olivier Messiaen After a full day of Messiaen’s organ

Olivier

It will come as little surprise to regular readers that the main motivation for this trip – which has now brought me to Amsterdam, by way of Brussels – is

The People’s Opera

The Opéra de Paris can trace its lineage all the way back to 1669, when it was founded by Louis XIV – the builder of Versailles and other royal excesses –

Paris Rocks

In between organ, orchestra, and opera events, there's plenty of time on the agenda to check out the nightlife here in Paris. Last night, I ventured out to La Flèche

Pilgrimage

Bonjour a Paris! It`s my third day here, and I haven`t gotten any better at using this French keyboard, so you'll have to pardon the brevity of this post. After

Bon Voyage

The next time you hear from me, I'll be across the pond for the start of a European "vacation" that will take me to four cities in three countries, with at least

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