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 […]
Xiayin Wang and the Escher String Quartet
by Craig Brinker There is a lot of chamber music being performed on any given week in New York, and one of the best tickets in the city this week
Guillotine Riot and Their Gospel of Debauchery
by Freya Wilcox We all know about New York City’s rich history of rock. For decades, countless bars, films, photographs, and anecdotes from greying “would-have-been” rock stars have told tales
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
The Juilliard School and Lindemann Fellows Present “Cosi Fan Tutti”
by Andreas Hager Photo Credit: Nan Melville Attending a co-production of Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Program can feel similar to a high-school match at the steroidy heights of
Leni Stern at Iridium
by Sky Disco Since I didn’t get to fly home this year for Thanksgiving, my experience of seeing Leni Stern perform at Iridium last Wednesday became my holiday. The absolute joy that
Maria Schneider Orchestra at Jazz Standard
by FoM It's become something of a Thanksgiving tradition of mine to go see the Maria Schneider Orchestra at the Jazz Standard, where she's appeared each year this week for
Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Masterful “Wozzeck” at Avery Fisher Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor, The New York Times It’s nice to see that Alban Berg’s infamous 1922 opera, Wozzeck, hasn’t lost much of its shock value
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,