Three-Out-of-Four Ain’t Bad
Last night, I was swayed by this week's NY Phil program of 20th Century French works to make my first […]
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Classical
Go Gcasa Muid Le Chéile Arís (Until We Meet Again)
After eight days and nearly 1500 km of driving, I found myself back in Dublin Sunday night, where I rewarded
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Merry Christmas
The Orpheus Club, Ridgewood, NJ, 10/21/08 (My father, James, is on the right, 2nd from the top. More pics below.)
Street Symphony
When I first heard about the You Tube Symphony Orchestra, it sounded like another stupid gimmick cooked up by hidebound
Sweet 16 (+1)
I need to finish my holiday shopping and get ready for my trip to Ireland next week, so here –
Strings Attached
I remember sitting down with Jack McAuliffe, then-vice president of the League of Symphony Orchestras (formerly known as the American
Happy Birthday, Elliott
Carnegie Hall, 12/11/08. More pics below.
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Two Quartets
12/10/08, 7:30pm: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, performed by the Sofia Ensemble, Chelsea Art Museum 12/10/08, 9:15pm Brooklyn
Elliott: 100
There have been centenarian composers before Elliott Carter: Irving Berlin, Nicolas Slonimsky, Leo Ornstein. But, none were still writing into