Make Music New York 2010
A reminder that today is the summer solstice, which means its also the 4th annual Make Music New York, which features free, live music of all shapes and sounds
Classical
Toledo
I have to admit: Madrid has been a disappointment from a musical perspective. Maybe I've just been looking in all the wrong places, but all I've managed to find
Organ Morning
It isn't all flamenco here in Granada: the cathedral, a soaring 17th century structure right in the city center, has a massive baroque organ towering over both sides of
España-bound
I'll be taking off tonight for my first-ever trip to Spain: home of flamenco, the guitar, and some of the most cutting-edge indie and electronic music in the world.
Yvonne
“I have an extraordinary, marvelous, inspired interpreter whose brilliant technique and playing — in turn powerful, light, moving and colored — suit my works exactly.” – Olivier Messiaen During
Music ≠ Wallpaper
So, I was doing a little light reading of the Times this afternoon when I came across this new ad from WQXR (which, for those who haven't been keeping up,
Going Social
This week, I received a bizarre series of emails from someone called "Nekrotzar," alluding to a certain NY Phil music director having random encounters around NYC with his "friend" Death.
The Master
On the surface, Anton Bruckner's symphonies are deceptively simple: repeating motifs that build upon each other in atmospheric waves before exploding in brass-driven crescendos. But, in my experience, the best performances of