الوسم: Q2
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Some thoughts on Symphomania.
So, Andrew Norman's "Play" might be the best orchestral work that the 21st century has seen thus far — Will Robin (@seatedovation) December 20, 2014 We have Andrew Norman to thank, and Will Robin, too, for Symphomania, the 24-hour marathon of 21st-century orchestral music that web radio station Q2 Music streamed on March 24 and…
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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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Conor Hanick and String Noise at the Stone, January 2, 2012
Conor Hanick, by Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Conor Hanick and String Noise at the Stone, January 2, 2012The New York Times, Jan. 4, 2013 What an unexpected treat to discover a gifted pianist previously unknown to me…and how vaguely humiliating to discover that not only is pretty much everyone I know already aware…
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Catch of the day.
WQXR "Trout Week": Ebène Quartet at the Greene SpaceThe New York Times, April 7, 2011 Between musical selections midway through this show, host Bill McGlaughlin asked the members of the Ebène Quartet how many concerts they present in a typical year. Around 120 was the response. After a few more tunes – "Misirlou," "Libertango," the…
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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends.
Photograph by Richard Termine/The New York Times Ne(x)tworks at 110 Livingston StreetThe New York Times, April 13, 2009 And we're back, after the longest break I've ever taken from blogging. Let's not dwell on the reasons why I haven't posted anything since late December; suffice it to say that for the first few months I…