Other Holiday Music
New York is not lacking for live holiday music: you can find performances of Handel’s Messiah or Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti nearly everywhere you turn. But, there are other holiday musical […]
Bowery Big Band
You don’t expect composer-bandleaders to show up for gigs wearing brown hoodies and jeans, but that’s how Darcy James Argue showed up Sunday night at the Bowery Poetry Club to
Beethoven’s 237th
Beethoven was (probably) born on this day in 1770. WNYC’s Overnight Music is celebrating by playing all nine symphonies in a row; you can catch the webstream here. (They’re on
(Much)More Than You’d Expect
Composers aren’t supposed to have mohawks. Or tattoos. Or play cello. But Pat Muchmore had/did all three last night, at a concert of his music by convention-busting new music group
Miami Music
My friend Liz and I spent this past weekend at the sixth annual Art Basel Miami Beach, which, with it’s more than 20 satellite fairs, has grown into the largest
This Week’s Concerts
Tonight, I’ll be up at Carnegie to see James Levine with the BSO in an all-French program including the NY premiere of Henri Dutillieux’s Le Temps l’Horloge, for soprano and
This Is New York
Last night was one of those evenings that makes me happy to live in New York. After a frustrating day spent waiting four hours for a mover to come take
Something Old, Something New…
On my way home from watching Gustavo Dudamel’s debut last night with the New York Philharmonic, I found myself unexpectedly depressed. Not because his performance wasn’t thrilling, or didn’t live