Helmut Lachenmann @ 75
"I've never been happy as a composer. Music is not meant to be happy – it's meant to be a […]
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Classical
ANNOUNCING: Feast of Music Presents…
For a long time now, Feast of Music has surveyed the multifaceted New York music scene: everything from grand orchestra
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Shadows
This is Holy Week in the Christian tradition, and of all the ancient rites and rituals associated with this week,
1,000 and Counting…
So, somewhere in the midst of my manic blogging from SXSW last weekend, I passed a notable milestone for FoM:
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Barber @ 100
Samuel Barber, who would have turned 100 years old yesterday, is probably the most under-appreciated composer America has ever produced.
American Singer
Gabe Kahane, who's appeared in these pages before, is used to playing rooms like Rockwood or LPR, where you can
The Best Orchestra You’ve Never Heard
One of the very first posts I wrote for this site was in praise of a NYC visit by the
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Quartets – Pt. 2
Last Saturday, the Takács Quartet – one of the worlds great string ensembles, founded in Budapest in 1975 and now in