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"Music is such a part of life. It’s like breathing, like nourishment. And the classics are so important, because within the realm of classical music you have eternity and infinity,
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Deerhoof and Ensemble Dal Niente at the Ecstatic Music Festival
by Gabriel Furtado Deerhoof and Ensemble Dal Niente performing Marcos Balter's Meltdown Upshot Last Wednesday night Deerhoof and new-music group Ensemble Dal Niente came together for a concert at Merkin
Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
Brilliant show last night at Carnegie with Yannick Nézet-Séguin continuing to work wonders in his first season with the Philadelphia Orchestra. After kicking things off with Gabriela Frank's fascinating Concertino
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Brings Bartók and Mahler to Carnegie Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Carnegie Hall program Wednesday night rested solely on a mature concerto and an
Sofia Gubaidulina Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre
by Michael Cirigliano II Even at the age of 81, composer Sofia Gubaidulina remains one of the most captivating and enigmatic figures in today’s musical landscape, having been sequestered by
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Perform Beethoven at Carnegie
"Harmony in personal or international relations can only exist by listening." Daniel Barenboim Does the world really need any more recordings of Beethoven's symphonies? Probably not. But, a cycle
Marc-Andre Hamelin at 92nd Street Y
by Angela Sutton Photo credit: Fran Kaufman Marc Andre-Hamelin and his disciplined fingers came to 92nd Street Y on Wednesday night for a big program featuring music of the 20th century's
New York Polyphony Presents Masses for Uncertain Times
by Michael Cirigliano II For their contribution to Miller Theatre’s Early Music Series Saturday night, male vocal quartet New York Polyphony delivered an exceptionally curated program that encompassed both Elizabethan
Happy 257th, Wolfie
From the 250th birthday celebrations in Prague, 1/27/06. More here. And a little night Jimmy here.