Taking off
I’m flying to Italy tonight, but wanted to at least share a couple of pics from this past Monday’s Wordless […]
Classical
Brooklyn’s Finest
Better late than never: last Saturday, I made my way up to the Gilman Opera House at BAM to see
An American Master
Apparently, this week is all about departures: last night at Carnegie Hall, American composer John Adams conducted the American Composers
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Sweet Sorrow
Last night, Alice Tully Hall was double-marked by a sense of passing. On the one hand, the Vermeer Quartet, the
Saxophone Colossi
Not really sure what to expect from a group made up entirely of saxophones, I braved the Nor’easter and wandered
Goode Stuff
Speaking of the rat race, I got caught up in it myself last night, waiting over an hour at the
Music in the Rat Race
I woke up this morning just in time to hear an interview on WNYC with Gene Weingarten, the Washington Post
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Let the Hype Begin
Anthony Tommasini has a piece in today’s Times about the ongoing search for Lorin Maazel’s successor at the Philharmonic, written
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