New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks 2013
The NY Phil made their triumphant return to the Borough City of Brooklyn (thanks for the correction, Marty Markowitz) last night for the first of their annual series of Concerts in […]
Anna Clyne’s “The Violin” at Federal Hall
Last night, I stopped by Federal Hall—caddy-corner from the NY Stock Exchange and site of Washington's first inauguration—for Anna Clyne's The Violin: a multimedia piece for two violins, played by Cornelius Dufallo
Traveling through “The Planets” with the New York Philharmonic and NASA
by Melanie Wong As part of their Summertime Classics Series conducted by the boisterous Bramwell Tovey, the New York Philharmonic presented The Planets: An HD Odyssey, at Lincoln Center’s Avery
“A Dancer’s Dream” at the New York Philharmonic
At the end of each of his first two seasons as music director of the New York Phil, Alan Gilbert staked his claim as an innovative, boundary-busting programmer with semi-staged performances
Os Mutantes at Celebrate Brookyln
The '60s tropicalia band making their Brooklyn debut Saturday night at the bandshell. More pics on the photo page.
Make Music New York 2013
I only got to see one performance this year during the seventh-annual Make Music New York: the day-long feast of free outdoor music, which this year coincided with the first National
Firefly Music Festival 2013
by Caroline Sanchez Dover, Delaware could not have asked for a more beautiful weekend to host the East Coast’s newest music attraction. Now in its second year, the three-day Firefly
Amadou and Mariam and Bombino at Celebrate Brooklyn
by Zoë Gorman Before extremists began taking over the north of the African nation of Mali and proclaimed a jihadist state, Mali granted more record-label contracts than any country in
JACK Quartet and Joshua Roman at (le) Poisson Rouge
Ancient and innovative can easily coexist. In music especially, composers and peroformers throughout history have looked back for guidence and inspirtaion as they move forward. Steve Reich has openly written about the debt his music owes to the 13th century French composer Pérotin and one of Felix Mendelssohn’s greatest achievements was his rediscovery of J.S Bach’s music with his mounting of the St. Matthews Passion.
On Sunday night, the JACK Quartet and guest cellist Joshua Roman continued this tradition of finding inspiration in history and programmed their findings next to the rule breakers of today. They presented three madrigals by the intensely expressive renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, arranged for sting quintet by JACK violinist Ari Streisfeld, as well as works by Joshua Roman, Brian Ferneyhough and a new piece, premiered by the quintet just three weeks ago in Seattle, by Jefferson Friedman.