Classical

  (Happy 332nd Birthday, Vivaldi.) 

 One of the very first posts I wrote for this site was in praise of a NYC visit by the

  Last Saturday, the Takács Quartet – one of the worlds great string ensembles, founded in Budapest in 1975 and now in

 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with the New York Choral Artists, The American Boychoir, Jill Grove, and Mariss Jansons, Cond.    

 I wasn't really hankering for another orchestra concert the day after seeing the PSO in Pittsburgh, but when James Levine

 Considering the size of the city it inhabits (roughly 300,000), the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra can justly claim to being one

 I'll be in Pittsburgh, PA this weekend, visiting old friends and catching up on some of the cultural happenings –

 As someone who works in advertising, I've gotta say I'm not a fan of Carnegie's new branding campaign, which consists

  Over the past fifteen years, I can't even count how many times I've seen James Levine conduct, both at