Steve Smith
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Narek Hakhnazaryan at Zankel HallThe New York Times, October 24, 2008
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Isabel Bayrakdarian, Serouj Kradjian and the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra at Zankel HallThe New York Times, October 22, 2008 Just back from a badly needed 10-day vacation in San Antonio and Houston, and evidently I left a chunk of my brain behind: There is a whale of an error in this concert review, and I have…
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The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, October 9, 2008
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American Symphony Orchestra Le Roi d'Ys at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, October 7, 2008
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Most readers of this blog are likely to be well aware of the multi-talented Caleb Burhans, subject of a wonderful, sprawling feature by Allan Kozinn in yesterday's New York Times Arts & Leisure section. Months in the making, the article provides a lively, informative and frequently funny portrait of a busy musician who hasn't seen…
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John Scott "Six Saturdays with Messiaen" at St. Thomas Church, Fifth AvenueThe New York Times, October 6, 2008 For more information about this series, see the post immediately below this one.
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Alex "Gene" Ross has kindly provided us with a nice overview of Messiaen centenary observances far and wide. Marcus Maroney has chipped in with details of an impressive Messiaen series that begins not quite two weeks from now in Houston; no surprise that the versatile and stylish Brian Connelly is in the thick of things,…
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The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, October 3, 2008
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World-champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs "Der Hölle Rache" from Mozart's Magic Flute — and doesn't cheat on the high notes. Most impressive. (Via 24 Oranges, a delightful English-language blog about all things Dutch.) At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, in Lincoln Center's Time Warner shopping mall-cum-airport terminal, the Doctor and I caught a blazing set by Jane…
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Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New York Times, September 29, 2008
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La Gioconda at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, September 26, 2008
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Like I said last time, the workload prevented my contributing anything at all to either of the TONY music sections this week. What I forgot, though, is that in a small way I'd contributed to the front of the magazine… even the cover, if you extend the gatefold fully. Time Out, the original, London-based parent…
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… a genius — and now it's official. Warmest of congratulations to Alex Ross for being named one of 25 new MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant recipients today. Ross is one of four music-related prizewinners; the others are violinist Leila Josefowicz, jazz saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón, and composer-instrument builder Walter Kitundu. The New York Times…
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Real Quiet at BargemusicThe New York Times, September 19, 2008
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See that scowl on Ice Cube's face? That's about how I feel at having written nothing for this week's TONY except for a short preview of his upcoming show at Irving Plaza this Sunday (Sept. 21). And that's one more piece than I managed to write for next week's issue. It's not slack, I assure…
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Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness at La MaMa E.T.C.The New York Times, September 16, 2008
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"On Disc – Best of All Possible Bernstein"The New York Times, September 12, 2008 Here's the latest of those occasional Times CD roundups that I've always enjoyed reading, and now have the privilege of helping to create. The mandate was to choose five discs — or, more properly, "releases," which let Allan Kozinn get away…
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Squashed flat by deadlines during last week's holiday-shortened frame, I only managed to squeeze out a single measly record review for TONY. I'm glad to have managed that much, though, because Juliana Hatfield's How to Walk Away is among the highlights of a career I've followed since those long-ago Blake Babies days of the late…
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Soheil Nasseri at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, September 11, 2008
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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…
Night After Night 