Prolonging
The MATA festival of young composers returns to the Brooklyn Lyceum this week, in its first season under new directors Missy Mazzoli and Chris McIntrye. The concert starts in […]
Pocket Opera
The Birmingham Music Contemporary Group, which is in residence at Zankel Hall this weekend, was founded 20 years ago by Simon Rattle, culling performers from the City of Birmingham Symphony
This Is a Piano
For most of its history, the piano has been played using the keyboard and pedals, which by themselves offer almost limitless musical possibilities. But last night’s concert at Merkin Concert
Stochastic Wednesday
Todd Sickafoose’s Blood Orange (feat. Will Bernard, Mike Gamble, John Ellis, Alan Ferber & Allison Miller) Barbes, 3/26/08
Outrage
As noted previously, there are Olivier Messiaen memorial concerts happening all over the world this season, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of his birth. The orchestral work that many
Monday Night Special
I thought I was back in Austin last night for Kuntry Karaoke at Hank’s Saloon on 3rd & Atlantic in Brooklyn. It’s pretty much what you might expect, but with
I’m Not TONY
For those of you who might be new to FoM, a point of clarification about my Concert Calendar: these are the concerts that I myself plan on attending, not everything
Easter Day
I’m not religious in any traditional sense, but when I used to live on 109th St. and Amsterdam, there was no bigger day on the calendar than Easter Sunday at