Viva Italia
Greetings from Rome, where the weather is gorgeous and the sites are spectacular. This is my very first trip to Italy, and it lives up to all the superlatives. And,
Taking off
I’m flying to Italy tonight, but wanted to at least share a couple of pics from this past Monday’s Wordless Music concert, featuring Real Quiet and The Books at the
Can It
(from a letter in this week’s Time Out NY, responding to the claim that Broadway show orchestras, "sometimes fake it") "The fake-orchestra machine you cited has been banned by the
Brooklyn’s Finest
Better late than never: last Saturday, I made my way up to the Gilman Opera House at BAM to see the Brooklyn Philharmonic, in a concert of English and American
An American Master
Apparently, this week is all about departures: last night at Carnegie Hall, American composer John Adams conducted the American Composers Orchestra, in a program of his own music. It was
Bklyn sounds
Out tonight at local hang Southpaw, a free show sponsored by AM New York. Mostly not worth mentioning, but one band – The Attorneys – plays with confidence and presence,
Sweet Sorrow
Last night, Alice Tully Hall was double-marked by a sense of passing. On the one hand, the Vermeer Quartet, the excellent Chicago-based ensemble that has played together for nearly 40
Float Like a Butterfly…
I was persuaded to take time out from a busy week at work to attend City Opera’s Wednesday night performance of Madam Butterfly by two primary factors. One, was that