Classical

Love Song

I got a healthy dose of conductor David Robertson’s pedagogic prowess last month at the Concrete Frequency festival in L.A., where he offered straightforward, humor-laced intros to works by Berio,

I’m a Toddler

One year ago today, I wrote my first Feast of Music entry, about a concert I’d heard the night before at Carnegie by the Minnesota Orchestra. In the 258 posts

Old World/New Orchestra

Going to see a concert in Central Europe is generally a more sociable, more amiable experience than it is here in America. In Prague, for example, everyone dresses up –

Pyongyang or Bust

Dan Wakin reports in today’s Times that local PBS affiliate WNET will broadcast the Feb. 26 concert by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, North Korea. The concert will be

Music and Theater

I often hear the complaint among my more visually-oriented friends that there’s "nothing to look at" when they go to a classical concert. Certain institutions, like the LA Philharmonic or

The Better Choice

Those who live in New York know that there are two mainstream radio stations here that regularly program classical music. Without a doubt, WNYC, the local NPR affiliate, is by

This Is More Like It

I’ve received a bunch of comments about my recent post, calling the New York Philharmonic to task for what I felt was a substandard performance last week of Schumann and

Out of jealousy, that is… "Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear co-headlines with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in an awe-inspiring yet intimate evening of sensory immersion. The first half features the orchestra playing

Stochastic Hit Parade

If you like your music kind of out there – and come on, who doesn’t? – tune in right now to 91.1 FM for Bethany Ryker’s Stochastic Hit Parade, which