Classical

Some routines are worth repeating: for the third year in a row, I found my way to Trinity Church – now only a five minute walk from work – for […]

Last night's LSO concert at Avery Fisher was a reminder of what separates good orchestras from great ones. It's not technical perfection – though that's certainly important. Nor is it

(overheard in AFH last night) "Tommasini is terrible. He always gives everything a good review. Especially at the Met. I think he must be in league with them." "I think

There's nothing like a London Symphony Orchestra concert to clean out your ears after four days of indie rock. (Their 2007 visit coincided with that year's CMJ Music Marathon.) Unfortunately, last

Tony Tommasini offers his two cents on box sets in today's Times. I agree with his general premise that the record companies are tone-deaf, putting out these back catalog data dumps

I showed up over an hour late to tonight's Yevgeny Sudbin recital at the People's Symphony, and had to sneak in the back just to catch the final piece on

I'll admit that, other than Tan Dun and Alex's piece in The New Yorker last year, I don't know the first thing about music from China. Much of that probably

(Photos by Peter Checchia) Ok, so you know how people have this thing about classical music putting them to sleep? Well, they should have showed up to Carnegie last night,

The first time I saw the Vienna Philharmonic was on a snowy Monday in January, 2003. I had flown into Vienna earlier that morning, and after a day spent wandering