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 […]
Andreas Scholl at Alice Tully
by Angela Sutton Saturday's recital at Alice Tully Hall began with an endearing episode. The damp late-Autumn weather, as it sometimes does for many of us, played havoc with star
WQXR Discussion on Avery Fisher Hall Renovation
by FoM Longtime readers of FoM know that I haven’t minced words about the visual and aural eyesore that is Avery Fisher Hall, by far the worst concert hall of any
The Collegiate Chorale Presents “Beatrice di Tenda”
by Andreas Hager Photo credit: Erin Baiano The Collegiate Chorale presented something of an early-bird special at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. Bellini’s underperformed Beatrice di Tenda, began at an
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