It's been more than three years since the Wordless Music Orchestra gave the U.S. premiere of Johnny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver: a success well beyond most expectations for the Radiohead's guitarist.
What is a symphony, anyway? That was the question posed last night by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, who were in town last night to close the inaugural Spring For Music
A thrilling – and free – recital last night at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, with Finnish composer and pianst Magnus Lindberg (the NY Phil's current composer-in-residence), violinist Jennifer Koh and cellist
On any given Saturday in night in New York, there are a surfeit of musical options to choose from: everything from arena-size rock and pop concerts, to clubs playing the
While most folks were swigging back Coronas and 'Ritas last Thursday for Cinco de Mayo, I was at Carnegie Hall for a celebration of a different sort: the 120th anniversary
The Trinity Choir, performing the ancient rite of Tenebrae (including Allegri's Miserere), Trinity Church, 4/20/11.
Bucking the trend towards ever-younger music directors (see the LA Phil and the Philadelphia Orchestra), some may have considered the Chicago Symphony's choice of former Philly and La Scala maestro Riccardo Muti
Miami may not be the first place that comes to mind when people think of destinations for classical music. (Last weekend's Ultra Festival is probably more like it.) But, in
