University of Kansas Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Become a world famous orchestra, pianist, or singer—or, just cough up about $25,000. […]
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Stockhausen’s OKTOPHONIE at the Park Avenue Armory
"My music is a fast spaceship to the divine." – Karlheinz Stockhausen In May 2007, I happened to find myself in Rome for a concert of electronic music by the composer
The Modern Orchestra’s Business Model: A Plea for Sanity from Both Sides
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Susana Bates, San Francisco Chronicle Another day, another orchestra that makes the headlines—not for innovative programming or artistic excellence, sadly, but for labor-related disputes. The San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony Cancels Carnegie Hall Concerts
The San Francisco Symphony's annual Carnegie Hall visits are always major events on the New York City musical calendar, as shown by last year's American Mavericks Festival, which, among other
Free Tickets: John Williams and John Etheridge at Carnegie Hall!
Legendary classical guitarist John Williams and jazz-fusion guitarist John Etheridge have collaborated for more than a decade. Together they perform an eclectic mix of music for duo guitar, illuminating their
“La Pasión” Brings Carnival to Carnegie Hall
by Aristea Mellos In the last year or two, there’s been a flurry of negative press surrounding the composer Osvaldo Golijov. Repeated talk of missed deadlines and accusations of plagiarism left
Vladimir Jurowski Leads the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Shostakovich and Beethoven
by Michael Cirigliano II It’s not too often that a concerto eclipses the impact of the symphony on an orchestral program—especially when that symphony is Beethoven’s immortal Fifth—but this was
Greenwich Village Orchestra’s Tchaikovsky Extravaganza
by Angela Sutton For their third concert of the season, the Greenwich Village Orchestra presented an all-Tchaikovsky program Sunday at Old Stuyvesant Campus. Although an orchestra whose members are drawn
Britten100: Church of the Transfiguration’s “Curlew River”
by Michael Cirigliano II In commemorating the centenary of Benjamin Britten’s birth, the entire classical-music world is inundating concert audiences with performances of the famed British composer’s output. However, for every large-scale production of Peter