TENET Presents the Music of Machaut and His World
by Robert Leeper TENET at the Tenri Center When musicians choose to focus their efforts on music of the long past, they are making the difficult choice to approach unrecorded, […]
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Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates 10 Years of Musicmaking at Angel Orensanz Center
Over the past deacade, Metropolis Ensemble has made a name for themselves by performing almost anywhere other than in a concert hall: they've played at bandshells, in brownstones, and in Upper
“Breaking the Waves” at Opera Philadelphia
By Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sometimes art can depict the most repulsive aspects of the human condition, and still be deemed successful. Such is the
New York Philharmonic Opens 175th Season with Corigliano, Gershwin, and Dvořák
The New York Philharmonic officially opened it's 175th season Wednesday night with a concert which, while not exactly boundary-pushing, served as a reminder of the rich legacy of this oldest of American orchestras.
Art of the Score: New York Philharmonic plays “Manhattan”
by Nick Stubblefield "To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George
The Public Domain: Working With Simon Halsey
When I first experienced Simon Halsey's work with the Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus in the Berlin Philharmonic's extraordinary 2014 production of the St. Matthew Passion, I never imagined that less than two
“The Hubble Cantata” and Tigue at BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano) "We are stardust/ Billion year old carbon/ We are golden/ Caught in the devil's bargain/ And we've got to get ourselves back
Tanglewood 2016: Towards the Future
LENOX, MA - It's been eighty years now since the Boston Symphony Orchestra gave it's first concerts in the Berkshire Hills of western Massachusetts and, aside from a four-year hiatus during
Brandee Younger and Camille A. Brown & Dancers at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
by Steven Pisano Brandee Younger may be one of the most talented jazz musicians on the scene today. But there are many music lovers, even jazz aficionados, who seem not to have