Steve Smith
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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…
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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, by Richard Termine/The New York Times New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at Prudential Hall, January 4, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 7, 2013 What I posted on Twitter immediately after this concert still captures my mood succinctly: Played well, too, and a better match for Holst's The Planets than I'd anticipated, too.…
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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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Sarah Chalfy, Dongsok Shin and Artek, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Artek at Immanuel Lutheran Church, December 29, 2012The New York Times, Jan. 2, 2012
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Elizabeth Futral, Jayce Ogren and members of the New York Philharmonic, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The New York Philharmonic Contact! at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 21, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 27, 2012 A return to old times for the New York Philharmonic's new-music run-out series, at least for one night.…
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Grey Mcmurray with So Percussion, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times So Percussion at the Brooklyn Academy of MusicThe New York Times, Dec. 21, 2012 A review of Where (we) Live, the latest multimedia beguilement from So Percussion, who use vivid imagination and a solid grounding in John Cage's music to create a thoughtful meditation…
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Dominic Johnson and Ellen McSweeney of Chicago Q Ensemble, by Marc Perlish "After the Deluge, an Outpouring of Support From Afar"The New York Times, Dec. 19, 2012 A notebook about (Re)New Amsterdam, a remarkable show of solidarity in which Chicago's young, vital new-music community participated in an afternoon marathon concert meant to raise funds for…
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Aeolian Chamber Players at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, December 14, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 17, 2012 Not a bad thing at all to be able to celebrate your 50th anniversary with a program of works that Ralph Shapey, Luciano Berio, George Crumb, William Bolcom and Huang Ruo wrote for you, eh?
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Einstein on the Beach at BAM, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times "Curtains Fall, But Operas Reverberate"The New York Times, Dec. 16, 2012 A year-end essay for The New York Times about the two events that had the most enduring impact for me in 2012: Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's Einstein on the Beach, which…
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Mantra Percussion, by Ian Douglas/The New York Times Mantra Percussion at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, December 13, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 15, 2013 Michael Gordon's new percussion sextet, Timber, ended up on both my year-end Top 10 list for Time Out New York (details of which will come in a subsequent post) and…
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Kyle Bielfield in Curlew River, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Curlew River and Riders to the Sea at the Juilliard School, December 9, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2012 A tremendous double bill of Britten's church parable Curlew River and Vaughan Williams's opera Riders to the Sea, presented by what might just be…
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Wu Man, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Wu Man at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, December 6, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 10, 2012 Beyond its intrinsic merits, this concert marked the start of a promising new series of intimate concerts hosted by World Music Institute, an invaluable organization that brings all manner of worthy…
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Juraj Valcuha conducts the New York Philharmonic, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, December 5, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2012 An auspicious debut for conductor Juraj Valcuha.
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Stephen O'Brien in The Sorcerer, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The Sorcerer at Gerald W. Lynch Theater, December 1, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2012 Few companies in my experience do Gilbert & Sullivan as honorably and charmingly as Albert Bergeret's New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, whose annual three-show residency at the…
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Juilliard String Quartet, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Juilliard String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall, November 27, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2012 A very different strain of Linsanity.
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Jonathan Griffith conducting Distinguished Concerts International, by Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Distinguished Concerts International at Avery Fisher Hall, November 25, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2012 What a treat to hear the bombastic arrangement of Handel's Messiah made by Eugene Goossens for Thomas Beecham, a standout among a full slate of more…
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Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in G, Op. 18, No. 2; String Quartet in C, Op. 59, No. 3 – Belcea Quartet (Zig-Zag Territories) Brian Green – 060412 (A Beard of Snails) Micromelancholié / Wolf Fluorescence – split CS (A Beard of Snails) Vales – Sebakh (A Beard of Snails) Derek Rogers – Peripetia…
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Some of the tiniest migranti, by Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times Il Cerchio Tagliato dei Suoni at the Guggenheim Museum, November 20, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2012 104 flutes in a U.S. premiere by Salvatore Sciarrino…and one of my favorite Times headlines, ever. What's not to love?
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