Classical

Toledo

I have to admit: Madrid has been a disappointment from a musical perspective. Maybe I've just been looking in all the wrong places, but all I've managed to find

Organ Morning

It isn't all flamenco here in Granada: the cathedral, a soaring 17th century structure right in the city center, has a massive baroque organ towering over both sides of

España-bound

I'll be taking off tonight for my first-ever trip to Spain: home of flamenco, the guitar, and some of the most cutting-edge indie and electronic music in the world.

Yvonne

“I have an extraordinary, marvelous, inspired interpreter whose brilliant technique and playing — in turn powerful, light, moving and colored — suit my works exactly.” – Olivier Messiaen During

Music ≠ Wallpaper

So, I was doing a little light reading of the Times this afternoon when I came across this new ad from WQXR (which, for those who haven't been keeping up,

Going Social

This week, I received a bizarre series of emails from someone called "Nekrotzar," alluding to a certain NY Phil music director having random encounters around NYC with his "friend" Death.

On the surface, Anton Bruckner's symphonies are deceptively simple: repeating motifs that build upon each other in atmospheric waves before exploding in brass-driven crescendos. But, in my experience, the best performances of

John Adams: Musician

How great is John Adams? Let me count the ways. His own music is both challenging and mesmerizing. He's a solid conductor – not only of his own works, but