Water Music
For over 30 years, Olga Bloom’s Bargemusic concerts have been a New York institution, albeit a peculiar one. As the name indicates, the concerts take place on a 100-foot floating […]
More French Music
With all the fuss this year about Olivier Messiaen’s centennial, it’s easy to forget that Messiaen was the scion of a great tradition, rooted in the liturgical music of Paris.
Reunion
I only ended up making it to one of the two concerts I intended to this past Sunday – and was late at that – but it was clearly the
Paul and Philip
An insightful, casual conversation tonight between Philip Glass and Paul Simon at BAM’s Harvey Theater, where the two composers shared thoughts for 90 minutes, mostly about music. Simon started things
Stochastic Finale
For all of you who might be listening to the Stochastic Hit Parade on WFMU right now, here’s hoping you made it out to Barbes this past Wednesday to see
Daily Double
I don’t know if I can pull it off, but there are two free Messiaen concerts happening today, both at 5pm: "L’Ascension" on the organ at St. Thomas, and the
Stop. Look. Listen.
I spent both Thursday and Saturday nights at the 7th annual Look & Listen Festival, which puts new music concerts in art galleries in Chelsea and Soho. This sort of
Parting
Last night’s Wordless Music show had the bittersweet taste of a farewell. Ronen told the sold-out crowd that this would probably be the last concert held at the Good Shepherd-Faith
Mandolin Time
I don’t usually get out of the office much during the day, but I cut out early yesterday to catch former Nickel Creek (and current Punch Brothers) frontman Chris Thile