St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 10.30.07 Violinist Julia Fischer, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto SPPO, with Artistic Director (since 1988) Yuri Temirkanov, having just performed Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5
A study in contrasts this past weekend from two renowned quartets, heard less than 24 hours from each other. Saturday was opening night for the People’s Symphony Concerts’ 108th season
For those who missed it, Alex Ross had a excellent and enlightening piece in last week’s New Yorker about how the Web might just save classical music: from blogs, to
My experience seeing the London Symphony Orchestra this past Sunday afternoon did not start off on the best foot. After a series of ridiculous subway delays and re-routes, I made
I made it back from the LSO in time to catch this month’s installment of Barbes Classical, featuring the talented young violinist Jessica Lee playing before an intimate crowd. She
After five days of CMJ, I’m up at Avery Fisher for the ultimate palate-cleanser: a performance of Haydn’s Creation with the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, soloists Sally Matthews, Ian
Ok, before everything gets all ga-ga with CMJ, here are some pics from this weekend’s Around the Coyote Arts Festival in Chicago. Some nice surprises, including Matthew Santos (who also
Nico Muhly penned a thought-provoking piece for The Guardian last week, making some very coherent ties between classical and popular music, an artificial divide he shuttles between with extreme fluidity.
Out in Chicago this weekend, primarily to see my alma mater, Notre Dame, lose their sixth game in seven. In search of a nightcap, I headed up to Clark Ave.
