التصنيف: The New York Times
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Jennifer Koh at the 92nd Street Y, March 2, 2013
Jennifer Koh, by Jennifer Taylor/The New York Times Jennifer Koh at the 92nd Street Y, March 2, 2013The New York Times, March 5, 2013 I specifically remember thinking, as Jennifer Koh managed to give each voice in Bach's fugues its own sound and personality, that the shadows playing on the wall behind her served as…
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Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall, February 27, 2013
Collegiate Chorale, by Richard Termine/The New York Times Collegiate Chorale at Carnegie Hall, February 27, 2013The New York Times, March 2, 2013 Here we are at Night After Night post No. 1,000. Feels auspicious, even if it's just a link to the latest of my New York Times reviews. If this particular report comes off…
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Avant Music Festival at the Wild Project, February 16, 2013
Matoaka Little Eagle, Cleek Schrey, Mary MacKenzie and Jessica Schmitz, by Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times Avant Music Festival at the Wild Project, February 16, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2013 Last month I was lucky enough to get to hear a live performance of John Cage's Apartment House 1776 as part of the…
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Powder Her Face at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 15, 2013
Allison Cook and William Ferguson in Powder Her Face, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Powder Her Face at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, February 15, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2013 New York City Opera opened its latest season with a brash, intelligent and sexy staging of English composer Thomas Adès's notorious debut…
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Brentano String Quartet at Zankel Hall, February 12, 2013
Brentano String Quartet, by Karsten Moran/The New York Times Brentano String Quartet at Zankel Hall, February 12, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 15, 2013 The world premiere of Steven Mackey's thoughtful, engaging One Red Rose, a fascinating reflection on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, shared a program with cheery Haydn and grandiloquently…
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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…