The Cleveland Orchestra and Youth Chorus at Severance Hall
CLEVELAND, OH — Although I've heard The Cleveland Orchestra in New York enough times to realize that they are, hands down, one of the best orchestras in the world, it's always been a
Pittsburgh Symphony Performs Haydn, Danielpour, and Strauss in Heinz Hall
PITTSBURGH, PA — During a weekend visit to Cleveland (more to come on that), I had time to drive two hours south on Sunday to see the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra give
Only in New York: NY Phil Announces 2014–15 Season at WNYC Greene Space
Yesterday the NY Phil invited about 80 or so music writers—bloggers and newspaper critics alike—to the WNYC Greene Space for a press conference of sorts to announce details of the 2014–15
Ear Heart Music: Del Sol String Quartet Performs New Works
Picture this: Veteran Bay Area string quartet visits New York with a program of recent work incorporating elements from a variety of musical traditions, presented with evocative stage lighting and
Mermaids, Nightingales, and Bassoons at the New York Philharmonic
by James Rosenfield Lost in between romanticism's last gasps and modernism's birth cries, Alexander Zemlinsky is one of those near-great composers whose work is virtually unknown today, despite the fact that
FREE TICKETS: Watts Family Reunion Band at Jazz Standard
NOTE: This contest has ended. More than 30 years after Jeff "Tain" Watts began a long-running association with the Marsalis clan, the powerhouse drummer brings a star-studded big band to Jazz Standard. Watts
RIP, Claudio Abbado (1933–2014)
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: University Musical Society, © Creative Commons News of Claudio Abbado's death earlier today at the age of 80 has been spreading quickly across all
Gryphon Trio with James Campbell at SubCulture
by Jordan Teicher The two pieces of music selected for the Gryphon Trio's performance Thursday night were conceived under circumstances too complimentary to have been chosen accidentally. While quite different musically, both
PROTOTYPE: Angel’s Bone, Theotokia, and The War Reporter
Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to disclose many details about Angel's Bone, Du Yun's stunning new fantasy about human trafficking, performed at Trinity Wall Street this past week as part of