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."

Turkey Break

I’ll be taking a bit of a break from musical activities this weekend, but did want to call everyone’s attention out to some upcoming NYC musical events worth your consideration […]

Coda

After a week of being out at concerts almost every night, I was really debating whether or not it was a good idea to tack another on Monday night. That

Turkey Ring

For all you night owls out there, WNYC (93.9 FM) is presenting an Overnight Music Ring cycle, with tonight bringing the third of the four operas, Siegfried. (If you’re not

Rite Of 175th St.

The first time I met Simon Rattle was on a snowy January night in 2003, in the backstage area of the Musikverein in Vienna, where he had just conducted the

Not Worth It

In New York, we are fortunate to have the best musicians in the world – classical, pop, electronic, whatever – come visit on a regular basis. Sometimes, it’s easy to

Zukunft@BPhil

"The (Berlin Philharmonic's) standard of playing at all times, whether it'll be in a Primary school classroom or in the Philharmonie, is absolutely fantastic. And when you go off into

BPO On The Cheap

For all those who aren’t able to make it to the BPO’s bi-annual concerts at Carnegie this week (yes, they do come every other year, not just when Carnegie decides

The Latin Way

A major event took place at Carnegie Hall last night, and the music world turned out in force, filling Stern Hall to capacity. Every New York critic was in the

Weekend Recap

Before I run up to Carnegie for the NYC debut of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela and their conductor, Gustavo Dudamel,  a quick recap of the whirlwind weekend.

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