Feast of Music

The Better Choice

Those who live in New York know that there are two mainstream radio stations here that regularly program classical music. Without a doubt, WNYC, the local NPR affiliate, is by […]

This Is More Like It

I’ve received a bunch of comments about my recent post, calling the New York Philharmonic to task for what I felt was a substandard performance last week of Schumann and

Elliott

My grandmother, Agnes Matthews, was born on January 29, 1900, and lived a remarkably active and independent life well into her 90’s, when she accidentally fell and broke her hip.

Out of jealousy, that is… "Brooklyn’s Grizzly Bear co-headlines with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in an awe-inspiring yet intimate evening of sensory immersion. The first half features the orchestra playing

Warmth

Acoustic instruments are having their moment in the indie scene, and for good reason: they can go fast and slow, soft and loud, harsh and pretty – all in an

Stochastic Hit Parade

If you like your music kind of out there – and come on, who doesn’t? – tune in right now to 91.1 FM for Bethany Ryker’s Stochastic Hit Parade, which

Visual Music

I didn’t really know much about Japanese rock outfit Cornelius before going to see them Webster Hall last night, other than they performed the closing concert at LA’s Concrete Frequency

Neighborhood Opera

The idea of putting on amateur opera in New York seems, at first, a fool’s game, what with two of the world’s greatest opera companies at our disposal. But, in

Centennia

2008 marks the centennial of two of the most iconoclastic and influential composers of the twentieth century, both of whom have significant ties to New York. French composer, teacher and