Steve Smith
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John Zorn's Shir Ha-Shirim at the Guggenheim MuseumThe New York Times, November 27, 2008
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Trio Mediaeval at Corpus Christi ChurchThe New York Times, November 26, 2008
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In my copious spare time (heh) I've been known to pen brief CD reviews for the Internet music service eMusic. Somehow, happily, over there I'm enlisted as a jazz specialist, which is good for keeping that work from conflicting with my regular gigs. And a true bounty arrived just this week, as eMusic added a…
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Many of my friends and colleagues first became acquainted with the United Palace, a magnificent old auditorium on Broadway at 175th Street in Washington Heights, through Carnegie Hall presentations: either last year's "Rite of Spring" Project or this year's sequel, the "Bernstein Mass" Project. Having missed both of those, I finally visited the hall last…
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"Fire Postpones Chamber Concert"The New York Times, November 21, 2008 My first news brief for the Times, this is a paragraph about what transpired when I turned up on Thursday night for the first event in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's "Night Fantasies" mini-festival. The concert was rescheduled for this afternoon at 1pm;…
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New York Festival of Song at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, November 19, 2008
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Warsaw Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New York Times, November 18, 2008
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American Composers Orchestra at Zankel Hall and Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre: The Love for Three Oranges at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, November 17, 2008 Two notes regarding the second of these articles. First, in the print edition of the Times, the review was credited to Vivien Schweitzer; a correction was added…
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Matt Haimovitz at (Le) Poisson RougeThe New York Times, November 16, 2008 Apologies in advance for the barrage of posts to come today; I'm finally digging in to make up for this week's drought.
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The Met Chamber Ensemble at Weill Recital HallThe New York Times, November 11, 2008
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The Tetzlaff Quartet at Zankel HallThe New York Times, November 10, 2008
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'Fiesta'Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.Deutsche Grammophon B0011340-02; CD.The New York Times, November 9, 2008(ArkivMusic, Barnes & Noble) Gustavo Dudamel will be leading the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in three New York area concerts this week. At the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark on Saturday (Nov. 15 at 8pm), he'll…
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The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, November 7, 2008
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The Fauxharmonic Orchestra and the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra at BargemusicThe New York Philharmonic, November 4, 2008
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"A Simple Life Doesn't Mean a Slow One"The New York Times, November 2, 2008 An article about soprano Dawn Upshaw, the many activities that have occupied her time since receiving a clean bill of health after cancer treatments, and her desire for a life of discovery and honesty. Upshaw will be reprising György Kurtág's Kafka…
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The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, October 31, 2008
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The nasty crud that has sapped every ounce of my strength during whatever spare moments I've had lately appears to finally gone. Pardon the extended silence, which I'll now break with three consecutive Times posts. And to anyone reading this in the U.S. — it's our big day today. Let's make sure we get it…
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(Posted this morning on the TONY Blog.) Last week, Time Out New York was privileged to host a unique Q&A between intrepid editor and blogger Molly Sheridan, a valued TONY contributor, and Corey Dargel, an imaginative singer-songwriter whose work mixes electro-pop style and new-music spirit. Among Dargel's many unique endeavors, one that has attracted special…
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The Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, October 29, 2008 Thanks to Pliable for the inspiration (hardly limited to this one post).
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Madama Butterfly at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, October 27, 2008 A day late in posting this one, thanks to a nasty cold that kept me bed-bound most of the day yesterday. Said ailment also cost me my attendance at a luncheon with New York Philharmonic music director-designate Alan Gilbert, in which it was…
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