Shara Worden and ACO present Sins and Songs
by Robert Leeper Photo Credit: Pete Checchia Shara Worden, perhaps best known as the lead singer of the band My Brightest Diamond, shared Carnegie's Zankel Hall stage Friday evening with […]
Ecstatic Music Festival: Bang on a Can People’s Commissioning Fund Concert
Most of the works on last Thursday's Bang on a Can People's Commissioning Fund concert at Merkin Concert Hall were riffs on some found sound, or other pre-existing music. Which, in itself
Calder Quartet Play Norman, Adès and Ravel at the Brooklyn Library
For more than 40 years, Carnegie Hall has offered a series of free Neighborhood Concerts at theaters, libraries and community centers in all five boroughs. For many, these concerts – which run
Vienna Philharmonic Perform Brahms with Daniele Gatti at Carnegie Hall
An astonishing event last night at Carnegie Hall, with Daniele Gatti leading the Vienna Philharmonic in Brahms Symphonies No. 3 and 1 (in that order). More to come, but suffice
Preview: Vienna Philharmonic Brings Brahms Back to Carnegie Hall
After last year's month-long Vienna: City of Dreams festival, I seriously considered sitting out this weekend's appearance by the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, where they've visited almost every year
NOVUS NY, Trinity Choir and Washington Chorus Perform Ives and Ginastera at Carnegie Hall
Thinking back, I've seen some pretty massive concerts at Carnegie Hall over the years. There was Seiji Ozawa conducting Berlioz' Reqiuem with the BSO barely a month after 9/11/2001. Or James Levine conducting
Preview: The “Big” Concert with Ives and Ginastera at Carnegie Hall
You might want to bring earplugs for this one. On Saturday night, Trinity Choir director Julian Wachner brings some 300 musicians uptown with him to Carnegie Hall for what is
Simon in New York
(3/3/15): As nice as it was to think about, Rattle has accepted the London Symphony Orchestra's offer to become their next music director, starting in 2017. It's almost unbelievable to think
Herbert Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony Perform Sibelius and Mozart
SAN FRANCISCO, California – Who knew that I'd have to fly 3,000 miles west to hear yet another extension of my Scandinavian musical saga? It's not why I was there, but