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,
One more from Venezia
Apparently, Stravinsky isn’t the only important 20th Century composer entombed at San Michele in Venice: Bruce Hodges from Monotonous Forest includes this photo (courtesy of David Conway) on his post
Summer Sounds
This week’s Time Out New York has a solid rundown of all the concert happenings coming up over the next few months. It is literally a Feast of Music here
Tough Stuff
I was at a half-empty Zankel Hall on Monday for a concert by the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble, a pickup new music band put together in 1970 by Czech-American