Gold Standard
Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, 3/1/09. More to come.
Classical
Mixed Stage
Brooklyn Philharmonic with Bell Orchestre and Clogs (and Sufjan Stevens and Shara Worden), BAM, 2/26/09 (More pics below.)
Not a Broomstick
Story goes that one day, Emily Hope Price was at her apartment up in Washington Heights when she heard a loud banging coming through the floor above. When she stuck her
A New Beginning
Pretty much the entire New York music world showed up at Lincoln Center Sunday night for the re-opening of Alice Tully Hall, the oft-maligned chamber music hall that's faced Avery
Confessions of a Critic
For those who haven't heard, Tony Tommasini, the chief classical music critic of the New York Times, is answering readers' questions this week on the Times website. Say what you
Just A Random Monday
Picture this: small, downtown club, brick wall, stage lighting. Onstage, a singer plays piano and banjo, singing cabaret-worthy songs about urban life and love. It's a classic New York scene,
Who’s Got a Grammy Sticker?
Best Chamber Music Performance: Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 And 5, Pacifica Quartet
Odd Couple
I was back at Carnegie on Friday to hear Pierre-Laurent Aimard for the second night in a row, this time playing the big hall with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra. Once again,