Welcome To The Banguard
Lots of great stuff so far this morning, but the World Saxophone Quartet – currently celebrating their 30th year playing together – are attempting to blow out the glass walls
BOAC – Day 2
Small crowd @ 10a at the Wintergarden, a nice way to start day 2 of the 2007 Bang on a Can Marathon. On stage now is a group called Odd
Sleep When You’re Dead
My (intended) schedule for the next two days: Saturday 11a-530p: Discovery Day at Carnegie with the Emerson String Quartet 2p-5p: Joan Tower’s Notable Women Festival at the Chelsea Art Museum
Eat Your Spinach
After reading Anne Midgette’s review of the jet-lagged Philharmonic’s performance last week, I didn’t go into tonight’s concert with the highest expectations. But, then, this program lacked the Russian and
Brahmsarama
Heading to the Philharmonic tonight to see Maazel conduct Brahms 3rd and 4th symphonies, part of their season-long Brahms Festival. (The festival ends next week, with performances of the German
Fe(a)stival of Music
Get out your Metrocards: on June 21 – the summer solstice – NYC will play host to the first annual Make Music New York, offering free, live performances in public
This Shouldn’t Be Possible
I am almost at a loss to describe what I witnessed yesterday at Town Hall, the final event of this season’s Free for All at Town Hall series. Bach’s Well-Tempered
Something Old, Something New…
The conclusion of a major musical event took place yesterday afternoon in St. Thomas Church on Fifth Ave., attended by perhaps 200 people. John Scott, the Director of Music at
Opera in the ‘hood
Apparently, the Met isn’t the only opera company coming to the Slope this summer: our very own Brooklyn Repertory Opera will be presenting Mozart’s Cosi next month at the Lyceum,