Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then […]
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NYO2 with Esperanza Spalding at Carnegie Hall
For five years now, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (or NYO-USA for short) has been providing teenagers the opportunity to hone their music skills with
A Berkshires Bounty: Opening Weekend at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – I've been going to Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony Orchestra's longtime home in the Berkshires, almost every summer now for the past two-and-a-half decades. Those that have been to
Fresh Squeezed Opera Presents “Scopes” and “Prix-Fixe”
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) You have to admire the courage of a composer of one-act operas. They probably have a better chance of winning Powerball or
“Three Way,” a Trio of One-Act Operas about Sex and Love, at BAM
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) After an American premiere at Nashville Opera earlier this year, the provocative trio of one-act operas, Three Way, with music by Robert
New York Philharmonic Performs “Das Rheingold” at David Geffen Hall
There is little doubt that, after eight years as NY Philharmonic music director, Alan Gilbert has become a better, more assured conductor than when he started. And, through Gilbert's influence
The Crypt Sessions Preview “Elizabeth Cree” at the Church of the Intercession
The URL for Andrew Ousley's Crypt Sessions music series, which just wrapped up its second season, is "Deathofclassical.com", which can be taken both as a macabre joke or an aesthetic mission
“and all the days were purple”: Music by Alex Weiser at Roulette
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) Alex Weiser is a young composer who writes ethereal and quietly emotional music that always sounds like a soul alone in the
2017 Summer Music Preview
It's Memorial Day weekend, which means it's time for the music to head outdoors into the parks, piers and schoolyards throughout the five boroughs (and beyond). As is our catholic, omnivorous nature here