Weekend Live Music Preview: 9/17-9/19
The summer may have unofficially ended on Labor Day weekend, but with a delayed reopening to live music thanks to COVID, things are still going strong here in NYC into […]
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A New Organ for New York: The Miller-Scott Organ at St. Thomas Church
"John taught me that… a pipe organ, breathing the living force of air, has a soul.” – Reverend Andrew C. Mead, former Rector, St. Thomas Church Look around, and you might
Birds and Music with Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Tanglewood
LENOX, MA – In the summer of 1949, Aaron Copland invited Olivier Messiaen, who at that time was little-known in the U.S., to be a composer-in-residence at Tanglewood, which was just then
Coffee Conversation: Paul Jacobs – Part 2
Towards the end of my lunch conversation with organist Paul Jacobs, he invited me to his weekly organ class, which takes place every Thursday from 11-1 in Juillard's Paul Recital Hall. (The
Coffee Conversation: Paul Jacobs – Part 1
Paul Jacobs Performing at St. Peter's Church (courtesy of The New Yorker) On the Saturday before Thanksgiving, some two dozen organists convened on St. Peter's Church on Lexington Ave. to
ICE Ends Their Mostly Mozart Run with Mixed Program
by Emre Tetik Armen Elliot for The New York Times For the third time this week, the International Contemporary Ensemble (a.k.a., ICE) appeared at the Park Avenue Armory's Board of Officers
Jon Gillock Plays Messiaen at the Church of the Ascension
An extraordinary performance by Jon Gillock last night of Messiaen's early music, Le Banquet Celeste and La Nativite du Seigneur, on Ascension's Manton Memorial organ. More pics on the photo page.
Preview: Jon Gillock Plays Messiaen Tonight at Church of the Ascension
Tonight at 8:00 p.m., the celebrated organist Jon Gillock continues his cycle of Messiaen's complete organ music at the Church of the Ascension, with two of Messiaen's early masterpieces: Le Banquet Célèste
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