“The Yellow Ticket” at Lincoln Center
by Angela Sutton The New York Jewish Film Festival presented a restored 1918 silent film, The Yellow Ticket, with new scoring performed live by its composer, violinist Alicia Svigals, on Thursday at
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NY Phil’s CONTACT! at the Met Museum
The NY Phil's CONTACT! new-music series, now in its fourth season, has become something of a holiday ritual for New Yorkers—at least for those looking for an alternative from the
Yarn/Wire Perform Music for the Winter Solstice at Roulette
The ongoing new-music series Ear Heart Music had its final show of 2012 at Roulette last Tuesday with a program by piano/percussion quartet Yarn/Wire, playing a pair of premieres inspired by the cold,
Bang On A Can All-Stars Premiere Two New Works at Japan Society
by Gabriel FurtadoPart of a painting by Sakai Hōitsu Much has been made of the parallels between music and the visual arts: Debussy’s love of Turner's seascapes, Rauchenberg’s White Paintings providing
(un)common threads with Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall
By Laura Wasson Photo credit: Chris Lee Monday’s (un)common threads performance with Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall began on a somber note. Jimmy Zankel, co-chair for the Notables Committee that
David Lang’s “love fail” at BAM
Photo credit: BAM/Rahav Segev "I don't even like vocal music. I'm far more interested in words than I am with music." – David Lang David Lang has long been one
Gregg August at Birdland
by Nicholas Fernandez Photo credit: http://www.greggaugust.com Every now and then, Birdland jazz club offers a one-off 6PM show, allowing me to catch a set on the way home from work. The
Michael Dessen Trio: “Resonating Abstractions”
by Dan Lehner Photo Credit: mdessen.com Explaining programmatic music is always a tricky balance. Tell your audience too much about the story behind your piece and it’ll
White Light Festival: Adam’s Lament
by Michael Cirigliano II After performing a concert of modern Baltic music in Midtown Friday night, the Latvian Radio Choir made their way uptown to Alice Tully Hall on Saturday,