Steve Smith
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The Manganiyar Seduction at the Rose TheaterThe New York Times, November 24, 2010 By a sizable factor, here was the White Light Festival offering that moved me most. (No, I did not see all of them.) That point is probably the reason why the way this review ended actually surprised me. I was also happy…
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"White Light: Is It Driven by the Soul or by Sales?"The New York Times, November 23, 2010 As I mentioned in the post-before-last, The New York Times asked its classical-music critics and reporter to discuss the pros and cons of the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center on the paper's Artsbeat blog about a week…
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New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Utopia, Limited at Symphony SpaceThe New York Times, November 23, 2010
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Photograph: Chad Batka/The New York Times "White Light Festival: An Act of Testimony"The New York Times Artsbeat, November 19, 2010 Over the past few weeks I've reviewed several events in Lincoln Center's inaugural White Light Festival, a series devoted to exploring spirituality in music — or, more specifically, to promoting the notion that some kinds…
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Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 19, 2010
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Photograph: Tina Tahir/DG Anne-Sophie MutterThe illustrious German violin virtuoso is this season's artist-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic.Time Out New York, November 18-24, 2010
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Jonsi and Alex, Kjartan Sveinsson, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Latvian National Choir and the Wordless Music Orchestra at the Church of St. Paul the ApostleThe New York Times, November 17, 2010
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra "Too Hot to Handel" at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 16, 2010
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CD REVIEW: 'Music of Tribute, Vol. 6: Berg'Ieva Jokubaviciute, Vladimir Valjarević, pianists; Marjorie Elinor Dix, mezzo-sopranoLabor Records LAB 7086; CDThe New York Times, November 14, 2010 Amazon / Amazon MP3 / ArkivMusic / Barnes & Noble / Classics Online I've been an admirer of Ms. Jokubaviciute's playing for some time now, based on hearing her…
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The Eroica Trio with Richard Stoltzman at the Rubin Museum of ArtThe New York Times, November 9, 2010 I've said it before, I've tried it before and I'm trying it again: one way or another, I'm getting this blog back on track.
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Porcupine Tree; photograph by Diana Nitschke Interview: Steven Wilson of Porcupine TreeThe Volume blogTime Out New YorkSept. 20, 2010 Founded in England at the onset of the 1990s, Porcupine Tree was originally passed off as a "forgotten" old-school prog-rock band. But yarn-spinning ceded to singer, guitarist and bandleader Steven Wilson's knack for reconciling vintage influences…
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"Remaking a Dark Tale, With Real-Life Notes"The New York Times, September 19, 2010 An article about Hannah Lash, a strikingly gifted young composer who overcame a huge emotional and professional setback this summer as she completed Blood Rose, a 40-minute chamber opera based on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast." The opera will have…
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A week and a bit after I went to hear Paul Motian and Bill Frisell play at the Village Vanguard with saxophonists Tony Malaby and Mark Turner (reported here), I returned for the last night of the next week's run (Sunday, Sept. 5), during which saxophonist Joe Lovano returned to his place at the center…
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Ryoji Ikeda datamatics [ver. 2.0] at Florence Gould HallThe New York Times, September 13, 2010
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Fall and all attendant memoriesCrowd the day with unrelated historiesEach year leaves its unresolving fantasiesTo hang around each cornerHang around each street. Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitriesCarrying words as strangers exchange pleasantriesDo they intrude upon your private reveriesAs they meet you on each cornerMeet you on each street. Watch for daily…
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Argento Chamber Ensemble at the Austrian Cultural ForumThe New York Times, September 4, 2010 In which the consistently impressive Argento players once again do right by the music of Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, one of the most striking and original voices in contemporary music. I've more to say and no time to say it…
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(Published this afternoon on The Volume. Photograph by Naomi Ellenson.) Introducing his anthemic "Never Say Never" during a New York City concert on Tuesday night, teenage pop sensation Justin Bieber barked through a litany of stock affirmations, extolling the value of self-confidence and determination to the assembled thousands of shrieking preteen girls who—we were to…
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