Classical

 After work yesterday, I walked across Fulton Street to St. Paul's Chapel for a holiday concert by the Trinity Youth Chorus: a […]

  Holiday music and brass go together like Christmas and snow: you don't need one to have the other, but the

'Tis the season for holiday music in New York, with all the major arts institutions around town putting their usual

  I like Schoenberg. And I like Philip Glass. But, when you pair Glass' own arrangement of his 3rd symphony with

(photo by Hiroyuki Ito, New York Times) Now that Esa-Pekka Salonen no longer has a full-time conducting gig (he's still

  Well, better late than never, I guess. Free drinks? That could be dangerous… And, what's up with this new Q2?

Are there any miracles left in the modern world? Is the concept of musical genius – represented by flawless technique

As you've probably noticed, I haven't been spending much in concert halls lately, preferring to pursue music of a whole