Steve Smith
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Gilbert Kalish and Kiera Duffy, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall, November 18, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2012 Contrary to one slightly waggish comment that came via social media, suggesting that perhaps I was feeling a certain pressure to "popularize" my writing for…
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Lucy Crowe and Kate Lindsey, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times La clemenza di Tito at the Metropolitan Opera House, November 16, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 20, 2012 After a jam-packed run-up to an unusually relaxed and personally productive four-day weekend, time for a bit of catching up before the deluge commences anew. You've…
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Catherine Malfitano, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The Martyrs at Dicapo Opera Theater, November 10, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 14, 2012 Not-insubstantial caveats about specifics aside, I continue to be impressed by the resourcefulness and pluck the Dicapo Opera shows in filling a useful, important niche in New York City's operatic…
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Glenn Dicterow, Alisa Weilerstein, Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, November 8, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 10, 2012 A slightly messy concert, but a consistently exciting one, too. After I posted this review on Facebook, a friend pointed out…
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Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava at Alice Tully Hall, November 5, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 8, 2012 Posted here belatedly because sometimes there aren't enough hours in a day, a week or a life, this is a review of the only night I attended in Petr Kotik's…
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Gilberto Gil, by Marco Hermes; Osvaldo Golijov, by Tanit Sakakini; Gustavo Dudamel, by Chris Christodoulou "Calling Out the Neighboring Virtuosos: Voices of Latin America at Carnegie Hall"The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2012 Pretty happy with the way this one turned out…I feel like I'm getting better at creating an equilibrium in covering events that…
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Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #1 (Digitalis) Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #2 (Digitalis) Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #3 (Gift Tapes) Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #4 (Sunshine Ltd.) Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #5 (Notice Recordings) Nathan McLaughlin – Echolocation #6 (SicSic) Jacob Obrecht – Missa de Sancto Donatiano – Cappella Pratensis (Fineline Classical, via MOG) Je Suis…
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The following is a Top Live Shows preview I wrote for the current issue (Nov. 1–7) of Time Out New York. The concert in question has been postponed indefinitely due to storm- and transit-related concerns, so I'll just post it here for the time being. Aaron Dilloway/Jason Lescalleet Bobby Redd Project Space; Sat 3 When…
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Bernhard Lang – Die Sterne des Hungers; Monadologie VII – Sabine Lutzenberger, Klangforum Wien/Sylvain Cambreling (Kairos) Decapitated – The Negation (Earache, via MOG) Loud and Sad – False Intimacy (Cae-sur-a) Marillion – Sounds That Can't Be Made (E.A.R. Music) Aaron Dilloway/Jason Lescalleet – Grapes and Snakes (PAN, via MOG) Sergei Rachmaninoff – Danse orientale; Cello…
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Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall, October 25, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 29, 2012 The Cee Lo Green song is the one you think it was. It was not listed in the Carnegie Hall program, nor were the lyrics were provided. It says something about Gabriel Kahane that the song felt more lived-in than did…
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Alexandre Tharaud, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Alexandre Tharaud at Weill Recital Hall, October 24, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 26, 2012 Despite this review bearing (as I write this on Saturday afternoon) the byline of my boss, this is mine. As one friend noted on Facebook, "yeah, Jim O would never write 'clubbing'."…
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Black Eagle Child / Sean McCann – Cambrian Members (self-released) Black Eagle Child / The Pistil Cosmos – The Dew on Equinox (self-released) Work/Death – Excuse Me But I Think You Dropped Something (Three Songs of Lenin) Cube – Bride of Walk Man (self-released) Peat Ramuur / Perspectives – split CS (Rotifer) Coventry Music –…
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William Christie, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Les Arts Florissants at Alice Tully Hall, October 19, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2012 Like the lede says, there are few things in life or art more reliable than the excellence of a concert by the eminent conductor William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. This…
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at Carnegie Hall, October 17, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2012 My only Times review so far to include Eddie Vedder and Zooey Deschanel in the lede graf. (Felt good to sneak in a Buke and Gase mention,…
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Garrison Keillor with the New York Philharmonic, by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Garrison Keillor with the New York Philharmonic, October 16, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 18, 2012 Pretty much explains itself, except to say that I was surprised, in my first time seeing Mr. Keillor perform live, by just how little eye…
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Digital Natives – Loosen Your Talk Tapes (Twin Palm Cinematics) Heat Sureens – The Beast at Peace (Housecraft) Jeffry Astin – Weird Wide World of Water Windows (Housecraft) Bottomfeeder / Xiphiidae – split CS (Housecraft) Mannateas – Everglade (Housecraft) Digital Natives – Side Wise Open (Bandcamp) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and…
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AMM – The Nameless Uncarved Block (Matchless) AMM – Newfoundland (Matchless) Difference Clouds – Shiro (Tranquility Tapes) Andreas Brandal – Turning Point (Tranquility Tapes) Misner Space – Golorium (Tranquility Tapes) Grant Evans – Solos for Muted Transparent (Tranquility Tapes) :zoviet*france: – Misfits, Loony Tunes and Squalid Criminals (Charrm) :zoviet*france: – Gesture Signal Threat (Charrm) :zoviet*france:…
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Tidal / Venn Rain – Missing Time (Sunk Series) Clime – Rift-Valley Landing (Sunk Series) Jussi Björling – Opera Arias (EMI Classics, via MOG) Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concertos; The Hebrides – Alina Ibragimova, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Vladimir Jurowski (Hyperion) Grant Evans – 9.28.12 (Bandcamp) Skeletons Big Band – The Bus (Shinkoyo) Giuseppe…
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Michael Kelly, by Steven Schreiber/The New York Times Gotham Chamber Opera at Le Poisson Rouge, October 1, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 5, 2012 Baroque opera and dance, for the second time in a week. Someone wants me to earn my pay. Also, not that anyone asked, but here's an instance in which I'm taking…
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