NYC Winter Jazzfest 2015: Saturday Recap
by Dan Lehner and FoM (See our Friday recap here.) It's a rare treat for jazz audiences to be able to hear a large work performed in its
NYC Winter Jazzfest 2015: Friday Recap
By Dan Lehner The Friday portion of the 2015 Winter Jazzfest, with a temperature of 17°F before windchill, was the coldest in WJF history since the inaugural festival (when it was -2°F). Not that this,
Prototype Festival: “The Scarlet Ibis” at HERE
by Steven Pisano Photos by Cory Weaver/Prototype Festival The Scarlet Ibis a new chamber opera by composer Stefan Weisman and librettist David Cote, premiered at HERE last week as part of the
Larry Weng Plays Charles Ives and Maurice Ravel at SubCulture
by Nick Stubblefield Award-winning pianist Larry Weng performed a brilliant set Thursday night at SubCulture, which has quickly become one of the hottest – and my favorite – places to hear music in the city,
New York Philharmonic and Daniil Trifonov Perform All-Russian Program
by Nick Stubblefield New York Philharmonic with pianist Daniil Trifonov at Avery Fisher Hall The words "prodigy" and "virtuoso" get thrown around a lot, so when I arrived at Avery
Last Call at Glasslands
"Venturing to Glasslands in the very late evening is a bit like sneaking off to your cool friend’s basement in high school. The space is already dirty, strewn with beer cans and
Gotham Holiday Swing at The Town Hall
by Robert LeeperIra Glass, the storytelling public radio icon, might at first seem an odd choice for a holiday concert. But, there he was Friday night at The Town Hall’s second annual
tears become… streams become… at the Park Avenue Armory
Over the past seven years, the Park Avenue Armory has hosted an impressive series of musical events and art installations. But, none of these presentations has sought to merge the
One More Time: “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” at the Met Opera
"The rules are only good if they admit exceptions." – Hans Sachs, Die Meistersinger, Act III Over the course of the 6+ hours of Otto Schenk's monumental production of Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger