Classical

Well, it’s a shitty Friday, and without having seen any decent shows in a few days, I guess I’ll finally respond to this Meme that Steve Smith tagged me with […]

It was a less-than-full house at the final People’s Symphony Concert of the season Saturday night, which probably had a lot to do with the bill: an unknown pianist with

For over 30 years, Olga Bloom’s Bargemusic concerts have been a New York institution, albeit a peculiar one. As the name indicates, the concerts take place on a 100-foot floating

With all the fuss this year about Olivier Messiaen’s centennial, it’s easy to forget that Messiaen was the scion of a great tradition, rooted in the liturgical music of Paris.

I only ended up making it to one of the two concerts I intended to this past Sunday – and was late at that – but it was clearly the

I don’t know if I can pull it off, but there are two free Messiaen concerts happening today, both at 5pm: "L’Ascension" on the organ at St. Thomas, and the

Speaking of free shows, my friend Pete and I made our way over to Hell’s Kitchen Friday night for the Movado Hour at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, which offers not

The idea of offering a free piano recital by Richard Goode at Town Hall seems like a good idea in theory, poised to attract a grateful audience of the young