Oregon Symphony Performs Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
PORTLAND, OR — With one of the country's most robust live music scenes, one could forgive Portland for slacking a bit when it comes to the orchestral arts. In fact, […]
The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir Present All-Beethoven Program
by Michael Cirigliano II Very few musicologists have been able to promote their scholarship in such a way that alters the perspective of modern musical performance quite like Sir John
John Cage’s “How to Get Started” at Symphony Space
by Craig Brinker Of the many strange works John Cage composed during his long and varied career, “How to Get Started” is not the most experimental, but perhaps one of
“What Must Be Said” at The Cell
by Angela Sutton Ensemble π performed to a full house at the Cell on Saturday night, presenting new and rarely heard music in collaboration with the Great Small Works theater company. “What
The Fonda/Stevens Group at 92YTribeca
by Craig Brinker Photo Credit: Manfred Kiesant The Fonda/Stevens Group played a searching, searing set of improvisatory music Saturday night at 92YTribeca, a collective exploration of the tunes, the relationships between
Elliott
As I've mentioned in the past, New Yorkers got into the ridiculous habit in recent years of expecting to see Elliott Carter out at concerts, long after most of us would be
White Light Festival: Mary Chapin Carpenter and Cameron Carpenter
"Poetry (or music)…exists partly for the purpose of showing us ourselves, at our worst and at our best." – Sharon Olds Before Superstorm Sandy blew into town last week and caused all
White Light Festival: Song of the Earth
by Michael Cirigliano II Although scheduled many months in advance, Sunday night’s White Light Festival program at Rose Theater could not have been more apropos, with Emanuel Ax joining forces
Pianist Jenny Q Chai at (le) Poisson Rouge
by Craig Brinker The hurricane affected everyone in the New York/New Jersey area to some degree, and pianist Jenny Q Chai also felt the repercussions of the “superstorm.” After coming