Jessica Lee @ Barbes
I made it back from the LSO in time to catch this month’s installment of Barbes Classical, featuring the talented young violinist Jessica Lee playing before an intimate crowd. She
Classical
And Now For Something Completely Different…
After five days of CMJ, I’m up at Avery Fisher for the ultimate palate-cleanser: a performance of Haydn’s Creation with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists Sally Matthews, Ian
Chicago Pics
Ok, before everything gets all ga-ga with CMJ, here are some pics from this weekend’s Around the Coyote Arts Festival in Chicago. Some nice surprises, including Matthew Santos (who also
Unification
Nico Muhly penned a thought-provoking piece for The Guardian last week, making some very coherent ties between classical and popular music, an artificial divide he shuttles between with extreme fluidity.
Chi-town
Out in Chicago this weekend, primarily to see my alma mater, Notre Dame, lose their sixth game in seven. In search of a nightcap, I headed up to Clark Ave.
ACJW Ensemble
I didn’t pay a red cent for my first Carnegie concert of the season tonight, thanks to the generosity of the Subscribers Office, which handed out free tickets to hear
Miracle on 46th Street
"Sight, touch and taste cannot convince us; hearing alone ensures my faith." – St. Thomas Aquinas (from Part XII of Livre du Saint Sacrament) I honestly did not think it
It Won’t be a Wurlitzer
Several months ago, I wrote about Paul Jacobs, the 30-year old chairman of the Juilliard organ department, who had just been named to the 2007 William Schuman Scholar’s Chair, awarded
Reaching Out
"One of the biggest challenges of the future is for me the increasingly complicated search for ways of reaching out and connecting to those who have been cut off from