Pelléas et Mélisande
"Sometimes, something really great can happen when people understand something together and you know it couldn't have been any other way." Sir Simon Rattle on the Charlie Rose Show, 12/16/10
Ceremonies of Carols
The holidays are upon us, and for those who are so inclined, there is an abundance of seasonal music all around town, as varied in style and quality as there
New Music Moving to Brooklyn
Not to be outdone by Issue Project Room's pending relocation to Downtown Brooklyn, veteran new music space Roulette has announced that it will soon be relocating to the YMCA's 1928 Art
One Long Night
The Winter Solstice may not be until Dec. 21st, but these increasingly long nights seem to be cater-made for multiple-show goings. Case in point: I managed to get to three different
Timo Andres/Metropolis Ensemble
After the last jam Metropolis Ensemble threw in a Clinton Hill Brownstone, I jumped at the chance to check out their latest home show, in a lavish penthouse a stone's
Monks In Black
Last night, France's Ensemble Organum came to the Baryshnikov Arts Center to perform Guillaume de Machaut's Messe De Nostre Dame (1364): one of the earliest known complete settings of the Latin Mass and,
Coming in January: Ecstatic Music Festival
'Tis the season of genre-bending new festivals: hot on the heels of the inaugural White Light Festival, the Kaufman Center brings us the Ecstatic Music Festival: a two month series
Brahms in Buffalo
For the second time in two weeks, I found myself in Kleinhans Music Hall this past Saturday for a concert by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. When I last saw them,
Stockhausen Comes To Brooklyn
In 2007, I had the chance to experience a Karlheniz Stockhausen performance at the Auditorium della Musica in Rome. Sitting behind a massive soundboard at the center of Sinopoli Hall, the iconoclastic