Indie Orchestra
On any given Saturday in night in New York, there are a surfeit of musical options to choose from: everything from arena-size rock and pop concerts, to clubs playing the […]
MATA and VOX 2011
Two major events settle in NYC this week, turning the spotlight on the music of young and up-and-coming composers. Starting tonight is the 12th edition of the MATA Festival, and
Carnegie @ 120
While most folks were swigging back Coronas and 'Ritas last Thursday for Cinco de Mayo, I was at Carnegie Hall for a celebration of a different sort: the 120th anniversary
Chiara Quartet and Matmos @ LPR
A great set in front of a packed house Friday night at LPR with the Chiara Quartet playing Jefferson Friedman's haunting, dystopic 3rd string quartet (last heard during the Ecstatic
A New Ring
I first encountered Wagner's four-opera epic The Ring of the Nibelung in June 1990, when PBS broadcast the Met's then-new Otto Schenk production on four consecutive nights (as Wagner had originally intended.) It
Tenebrae
The Trinity Choir, performing the ancient rite of Tenebrae (including Allegri's Miserere), Trinity Church, 4/20/11.
The Power of Presence
Bucking the trend towards ever-younger music directors (see the LA Phil and the Philadelphia Orchestra), some may have considered the Chicago Symphony's choice of former Philly and La Scala maestro Riccardo Muti