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,
Classical
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
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
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
Saxophone Colossi
Not really sure what to expect from a group made up entirely of saxophones, I braved the Nor’easter and wandered down to Barbes Classical last night to catch Amsterdam’s Amstel
Goode Stuff
Speaking of the rat race, I got caught up in it myself last night, waiting over an hour at the Verizon Wireless store on Union Square for a replacement phone,
Music in the Rat Race
I woke up this morning just in time to hear an interview on WNYC with Gene Weingarten, the Washington Post journalist who recently recruited Joshua Bell to play in a