التصنيف: Live reviews
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Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2013
Trombonists of the Juilliard Orchestra, by Michael Nagle/The New York Times Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Not many people know it, but we live in a golden age for contemporary concert-band music, with both well-established composers and inventive up-and-comers creating new pieces for (mostly) collegiate wind…
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Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall, February 6, 2013
Soloists and the Orchestra for the Next Century, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Ecstatic Music Festival at Merkin Concert Hall, February 6, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Given that Penelope, a large-scale song cycle composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider and sung by Shara Worden and recorded for the New Amsterdam record label,…
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A Contemporary Evening for Ralph at Merkin Concert Hall, February 4, 2013
International Contemporary Ensemble, by Karsten Moran/The New York Times A Contemporary Evening for Ralph at Merkin Concert Hall, February 4, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2013 This one's short on anaylsis and long on scene-setting, which seemed appropriate for an event that was more a memorial and celebration than a conventional concert. While I…
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Music of Now Marathon at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, February 2, 2013
Shayna Dunkelman, Nuiko Wadden and Angélica Negrón, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Music of Now Marathon at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, February 2, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2013 I almost never take issue with the way that my reviews are edited at The New York Times – after all, this is work…
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Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein at the 92nd Street Y, January 27, 2013
Kirill Gerstein and Steven Isserlis, by Ian Douglas/The New York Times Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein at the 92nd Street Y, January 27, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 29, 2013 That the brilliant cellist Steven Isserlis performs regularly at the 92nd Street Y is one of the venue's crowning glories, no matter what repertoire he…
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Dorothea Röschmann and Malcolm Martineau at Zankel Hall, January 23, 2013
Dorothea Röschmann, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Dorothea Röschmann and Malcolm Martineau at Zankel Hall, January 23, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 25, 2013 As I confessed among social-media circles already, of all the things I'm called upon to cover, lieder recitals are probably what I feel least comfortable writing about. Not that there…
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The Yeomen of the Guard at City Center, January 18, 2013
Laurelyn Watson Chase, Stephen Quint and the NYGASP chorus, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The Yeomen of the Guard at City Center, January 18, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 22, 2013 I've written several times before about my abiding love for the Gilbert & Sullivan canon, and for the work done on its behalf…
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Musica Nuova at Le Poisson Rouge, January 14, 2013
Amanda Keil, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Musica Nuova at Le Poisson Rouge, January 14, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 18, 2013 Congratulations to Amanda Keil and her early-music ensemble, Musica Nuova, and to director Beth Greenberg for demonstrating in "The Arianna Project" that a mix of Ariadne-inspired monodramas by Monteverdi, Haydn and Alessandro…
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Soldier Songs at Pace University, January 11, 2013
Zac Ballard and Christopher Burchett in Soldier Songs, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Soldier Songs at Pace University, January 11, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 15, 2013 So glad to have seen David T. Little's first musical-theater piece, especially having been so deeply impressed and moved by his subsequent opera, Dog Days (reviewed here…
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Momenta Quartet at the Stone, January 8, 2013
Momenta Quartet, by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Momenta Quartet at the Stone, January 8, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 10, 2013 Another review from the series curated by David Fulmer at the Stone in January, now concluded. As it happens, Fulmer's stint was among the last of the two-week curatorial runs that have…