Unsilent Night
We were late arriving, but eventually my friends and I caught up to Phil Kline's 16th annual Unsilent Night this past Saturday. The procession wound from Washington Square Park through
Memorable
When I saw Seiji Ozawa up in Boston a couple of weeks ago, he conducted lengthy works by Messiaen and Berlioz, from memory. "That way, I can see the musicians,"
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 I'd put up the following call for applicants to this
Floating
After Lightning at our feet, I wandered down to the new Galapagos in DUMBO for a late-night triple bill of indie and new music. The cavernous space is beautiful to
Poetry in Light
(photo courtesy of NewYork Times) "Stiller – than the fields At the full Dew – Beautiful – as Pictures – No man drew" (from I went to Heaven) The first
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 Rider performing Finnish and Armenian folk tunes, as well as
Elliott: 100
There have been centenarian composers before Elliott Carter: Irving Berlin, Nicolas Slonimsky, Leo Ornstein. But, none were still writing into their 100th year, nor have any of them had anything
Olivier: 100
For those looking to hear Messiaen's music in New York tonight, the Church of the Ascension on 5th Ave and 10th St. has the Quartet for the End of Time