Darmstadt Essential Repertoire at Issue Project Room
The Darmstadt Summer Course for New Music – held each summer during the 50's and 60's (and every other year since then) – was one of the great incubators for
Classical
Alexander Schimpf at Zankel Hall
by Caleb Easterly(photo: http://www.alexander-schimpf.de/) A great performer can make the silence between the notes just as important as the notes themselves, and that's just what pianist Alexander Schimpf did last night at
TwoSense: Chamber Music Meets Eastern Culture at the Rubin Museum
by Chris McGovern The Rubin Museum of Art, a wonderful collection of Himalayan artifacts, culture and history on W. 17th St., was the backdrop for a chamber music concert by
Thirty Years of John Schaefer
When I was back in college and entertaining a career in radio, I had the opportunity to intern for John Schaefer at WNYC. It only lasted a few weeks, but
Daniel Harding and Mahler’s Tenth Symphony
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Hiroko Masuike for The New York Times The New York Philharmonic was in very capable hands Thursday night as British conductor Daniel Harding led them
Occupy Lincoln Center
I wasn't able to make it to last night's Occupy Lincoln Center protest, but fortunately, Alex Ross was there, and he provides a great recap here. Philip Glass, whose Satyagraha had just
Occupy Wall Street @ Lincoln Center Tonight
Apparently, the Occupy Wall Street movement is making it's way uptown tonight to Lincoln Center Plaza, where they'll be joined by Philip Glass following tonight's performance of Satyagraha at the
Ian Bostridge/Thomas Adès Recital at Carnegie Hall
By Scott Rose Richard Termine for The New York Times The program that tenor Ian Bostridge and composer/pianist Thomas Adès chose for their Carnegie Hall recital this Monday centered on themes
R.I.P. Ken Russell
"Other film-makers might have found their creative impetus in novels or plays; Russell's inspiration was surely primarily in music. His ideas, his images, his rows, his career itself were