Wrong Philharmonic
Maybe it’s having just heard three concerts in the miraculous Disney Hall, maybe it’s because I got stuck in the subway and missed the entire first half, maybe I was […]
Piano 12 hands
New York can boast an impressive lineup of marathon music events: the CMJ Music Marathon, the Bang on a Can Marathon, the Winter Jazzfest. Now add to the list the
Wordless Orchestra
“New music was always a big deal to me growing up. It just made sense that I had Pixies records and Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie.” Jonny Greenwood (NY Times, 1/16/08)
After Hours
While concert halls were my main musical haunts in Chicago and LA, there was still plenty of time in the late evening to explore some of each town's more excellent
From Concrete to Canyons…
"The idea of the arts is not to be the response to what is going on. It's to be a catalyst for thought and change and an opening up of
People’s Jazz
Still catching up on posts from this past week, but couldn’t let the night pass without a call-out to Brad Mehldau’s set tonight at the People’s Symphony. On a stage
Red Eye
I’ve got one final concert on this week-long musical escapade: Messiaen’s “From the Canyons to the Stars,” with Salonen conducting. In his pre-performance comments, composer-in-residence Stephen Stucky was full of
Movie Music
A longer post is forthcoming about the two Concrete Frequency concerts I’ve heard at Disney Hall, but I can’t let the night pass without a quick word about the world
Midwestern Symphony
When I was attending the University of Notre Dame back in the 90's, I used to drive up from South Bend – occasionally with friends, usually alone – to hear