Steve Smith
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The Marriage of Figaro at Amato Opera TheaterThe New York Times, June 2, 2009 This one will see print tomorrow, but be sure to hit the website for a slide show of gorgeous photos by Richard Termine.
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Undiscovered Islands with Missy Mazzoli and William BrittelleThe New York Times, June 1, 2009
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CD review: KRONOS QUARTET – 'FLOODPLAIN'Kronos Quartet.Nonesuch 518349-2; CDThe New York Times, May 31, 2009(Amazon CD, MP3; ArkivMusic; Barnes & Noble; iTunes with bonus track)
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Undiscovered Islands with Signal and So Percussion at Galapagos Art SpaceThe New York Times, May 25, 2009
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New York Festival of Song at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, May 21, 2009
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The New York Philharmonic will enter a brave new era when Alan Gilbert, a young, energetic native New Yorker, takes over as the orchestra's music director this fall. Sadly, however, one of the organization's most gifted executives won't be around to take part in the coming metamorphosis. The Phil announced today that Matías Tarnopolsky (pictured…
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"The Voice of the Whale Project" at the American Museum of Natural HistoryThe New York Times, May 20, 2009
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Guarneri String Quartet with David Soyer at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New York Times, May 19, 2009
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News of important new entries into the blogosphere arrived today from multiple sources. Alex Ross, whose vital site just turned a spry five years old (congrats!), brings word of a new blog from Philip Kennicott, whose elegant, insightful words are regularly to be found in the Washington Post, where he is Culture Critic. I suspect…
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CD review: GUSTAV MAHLER: SYMPHONY No. 4Miah Persson, soprano; Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducted by Iván Fischer.Channel Classics CCS SA 26109; CD.The New York Times, May 17, 2009(ArkivMusic, Barnes & Noble)
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Now here's a pleasant surprise: Night After Night has received an honorable mention in a list of New York City's best music blogs as reckoned by Mapcidy, a fascinating interactive NYC arts and culture site. Especially given how unhappy I've been about my overall lack of activity here since last fall, it's a genuine treat…
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Ensemble Intercontemporain at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, May 12, 2009
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CD review: CHRISTOPHER TIGNOR – 'CORE MEMORY UNWOUND'Christopher Tignor, computer keyboardist, violinist, pianist; Colin Jacobsen, violinist; Margaret Kampmeier, pianist.Western Vinyl WEST061; CD.The New York Times, May 10, 2009(Western Vinyl; Barnes & Noble)
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For those who missed the tragic news that circulated over the weekend, drummer G. Calvin Weston—an avant-garde jazz-funk heavyweight known for his work with Ornette Coleman's Prime Time, the Lounge Lizards, James Blood Ulmer and Marc Ribot, among others—lost his 18-year-old son, Dominique Weston-Wilkerson, in a hit-and-run incident in Philadelphia last Thursday. Weston's friends and…
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La Cenerentola at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, May 8, 2009
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Richard Goode at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, May 7, 2009
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Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall and Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, Daniel Hope and Daniel Müller-Schott at Zankel Hall and Australian Chamber Orchestra with Andreas Scholl at Zankel HallThe New York Times, May 5, 2009
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How strange it feels to not be working at the moment, though I most certainly could be doing… something. And how strange it feels to be thinking that. Being locked into a cycle of 12-, 14- and even 18-hour work days since last August, for six and sometimes even seven days a week, does a…
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The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at Zankel HallThe New York Times, May 2, 2009
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André Previn conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, April 28, 2009
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