New World Discovery Concert
Last night, I heard the New World Symphony’s Discovery Concert at Carnegie, which focused on Shostakovich’s 5th symphony. The program, […]
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Gergiev @ NYCB Tonight
Valery Gergiev, the globetrotting conductor best known as the director of the Kirov Opera and Ballet and the Principal Guest
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Calling All Alices
OK, I’ve heard of name nights, but this is a first: if your name is "Alice" (or any variation of
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“The Rest Is Noise” Mention
This morning, I was deeply gratified to learn that Feast of Music received a kind mention in Alex Ross’ long-running
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7th Avenue Concert Hall
I took this picture this morning at the 7th Avenue F train stop in Brooklyn, a favorite of "street musicians"
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Brave New World
(Photo of Rebekah Heller, basoonist, outside the New World Symphony’s home in South Beach.) Dan Wakin has a piece in
Cheap Seats
This morning, a former co-worker in her early 20’s wrote me to say that she "hasn’t really had the chance"
Hilary Hahn @ Carnegie
Last night, I went to see Hilary Hahn at Carnegie with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, a local chamber orchestra
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Peter Sellars on The Crisis
Henry Fogel, the President of the American Symphony Orchestra League and the former President of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, has
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