Austin Noise
I just got out of Alex Ross’ Rest Is Noise presentation here at the Texas Book Fair, where he interpersed book excerpts and other observations with samples of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, […]
Austin Bound
Taking off for Austin for the second time in six weeks, this time for the second annual Fun Fun Fun fest, featuring 60 bands on three stages at downtown Waterloo
Speaking of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Carnegie Hall, 10.30.07 Violinist Julia Fischer, playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto SPPO, with Artistic Director (since 1988) Yuri Temirkanov, having just performed Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5
Quartet Duo
A study in contrasts this past weekend from two renowned quartets, heard less than 24 hours from each other. Saturday was opening night for the People’s Symphony Concerts’ 108th season
Night on Third Ave
Without any pre-set plans, I decided to slop through the rain last night to Issue Project Room’s new location on 3rd Ave. and 3rd St. in Brooklyn. The new space
Other Voices
Maybe it was my far-off seat up in the mezzanine, or the less-than-half-full house, but I wasn’t immediately impressed by the Theatre of Voices performance at Zankel Hall last night.
Music on the Web
For those who missed it, Alex Ross had a excellent and enlightening piece in last week’s New Yorker about how the Web might just save classical music: from blogs, to
And There Was Light
My experience seeing the London Symphony Orchestra this past Sunday afternoon did not start off on the best foot. After a series of ridiculous subway delays and re-routes, I made
Jessica Lee @ Barbes
I made it back from the LSO in time to catch this month’s installment of Barbes Classical, featuring the talented young violinist Jessica Lee playing before an intimate crowd. She