Steve Smith
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Matthew Harding, June Han and Bridget Kibbey at the Guggenheim MuseumThe New York Times, May 5, 2010
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Jake Heggie's Moby-Dick at the Dallas OperaThe New York Times, May 3, 2010
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New Juilliard Ensemble at the Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, May 1, 2010 Posting this one slightly late after returning from Dallas, where I caught the premiere of Jake Heggie's new opera, Moby-Dick. More on that soon. var LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_INFINITE_LOOP_COUNT = 300; var LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_MAX_HIGHLIGHTS = 100; var LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_TOP_ID = "leoHighlights_top_iframe"; var LEO_HIGHLIGHTS_IFRAME_BOTTOM_ID = "leoHighlights_bottom_iframe";…
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American Classical Orchestra at the Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineThe New York Times, April 27, 2010
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New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Claire Chase at Weill Recital HallThe New York Times, April 24, 2010 Just because violinist Jennifer Koh and flutist Claire Chase both spend a great deal of time playing contemporary works — and playing them fiercely — is no reason to doubt that…
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The MATA Festival at (Le) Poisson RougeThe New York Times, April 22, 2010
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Maya Beiser at (Le) Poisson RougeThe New York Times, April 19, 2010
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"There's a Theorbo in the Rock Bin"The New York Times, April 18, 2010 A review of new albums by three category-defying groups: Clogs, Slow Six and Redhooker (pictured). Each group blurs an increasingly meaningless boundary between contemporary classical music and alternative rock; each disc, in its own way, is more or less a departure for…
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Spinning in my head during the week of April 11-17, 2010: King Crimson – Live in Warsaw, June 11, 2000 (DGM King Crimson Collectors Club) Christopher Rouse – Odna Zhizn – New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert (New York Philharmonic/iTunes) Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch, due out June 15) Richard Strauss – An Alpine Symphony –…
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The Jazz Journalists Association has just announced its nominations for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards have just been announced, and congratulations are due to saxophonist, bandleader and composer Steve Lehman, who earned three nods this year: composer of the year, record of the year (for the exhilarating Travail, Transformation and Flow) and alto saxophonist of…
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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…
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Watch this space. (Really.)
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A fruitful middle ground between period and modern styles will come into sharp focus at Lincoln Center this week when conductor Iván Fischer leads two ensembles in a complete cycle of Beethoven’s nine symphonies
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Darmstadt Essential Repertoire at Issue Project RoomThe New York Times, December 7, 2009 Connie Beckley, Blue Gene Tyranny and Petr Kotik, all in one night… now that's a special program. I happen to think we're living in a pretty amazing time for grassroots art in New York City, but attending a concert like this, much…
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DJ Spooky Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera HouseThe New York Times, December 4, 2009 "I do not regret this journey; we took risks, we knew we took them, things have come out against us, therefore we have no cause for complaint." From Captain Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry, as…
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Le nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, November 26, 2009
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Cameron Carpenter at the Church of St. Mary the VirginThe New York Times, November 23, 2009
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Il Trittico at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, November 23, 2009
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Hafez Nazeri: Rumi Symphony Project at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 17, 2009 Even though it's accurate, the first paragraph of this review (and the last sentence of the paragraph in particular) is still cause for mild embarrassment.
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