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,
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