Drummers Drumming
Bang on a Can Holiday Party, 12/16/08
Unsilent Night
We were late arriving, but eventually my friends and I caught up to Phil Kline's 16th annual Unsilent Night this
Memorable
When I saw Seiji Ozawa up in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he conducted lengthy works by Messiaen and
Call for Bangers
I don't know how many musicians/composers are regular readers, but the good folks at Bang on a Can asked if
Floating
After Lightning at our feet, I wandered down to the new Galapagos in DUMBO for a late-night triple bill of
Poetry in Light
(photo courtesy of NewYork Times) "Stiller – than the fields At the full Dew – Beautiful – as Pictures –
Happy Birthday, Elliott
Carnegie Hall, 12/11/08. More pics below.
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Two Quartets
12/10/08, 7:30pm: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, performed by the Sofia Ensemble, Chelsea Art Museum 12/10/08, 9:15pm Brooklyn
Elliott: 100
There have been centenarian composers before Elliott Carter: Irving Berlin, Nicolas Slonimsky, Leo Ornstein. But, none were still writing into