Xiayin Wang and the Escher String Quartet
by Craig Brinker There is a lot of chamber music being performed on any given week in New York, and one of the best tickets in the city this week […]
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Oregon Symphony Performs Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
PORTLAND, OR — With one of the country's most robust live music scenes, one could forgive Portland for slacking a bit when it comes to the orchestral arts. In fact,
John Cage’s “How to Get Started” at Symphony Space
by Craig Brinker Of the many strange works John Cage composed during his long and varied career, “How to Get Started” is not the most experimental, but perhaps one of
“What Must Be Said” at The Cell
by Angela Sutton Ensemble π performed to a full house at the Cell on Saturday night, presenting new and rarely heard music in collaboration with the Great Small Works theater company. “What
International Street Cannibals Present Fishy Business
by Angela Sutton Multimodal music ensemble The International Street Cannibals swam into St. Marks-in-the-Bowery on Sunday night for an eclectic mix of water-themed works. Although music provided the core discipline
Mostly Mozart: Nelson Freire and Lawrence Brownlee
by Angela Sutton Lincoln Center opened its Mostly Mozart Festival on Tuesday night with a program drawn entirely from Mozart's mature years in Vienna. Conductor Louis Langrée, in his tenth year
Tanglewood 2012: Boston Symphony Orchestra with Nelson Freire
On a crisp, clear Friday in the Berkshires, the place to be last night was Tanglewood where, after a picnic dinner out back of Highwood, my friend Kit and I took
St. Louis Bound
I'm headed to St. Louis today for the annual Music Critics Association of North America (MCANA) conference, where classical music journalists from all over the country join to discuss the state
Yasiin Bey, Leslie Uggams and the Brooklyn Philharmonic
(Photo: Dave Sanders) On a balmy Saturday afternoon, the Brooklyn Phil wrapped up their 2012 reboot season with a free outdoor concert at Bed-Stuy's Restoration Plaza in front of thousands of locals,