Steve Smith
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I don't usually use this blog to solicit shopping tips, but I'm trying to get my hands on what is proving to be a most elusive CD. For a major project I'm currently working on, I'd very much like to track down a copy of a recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 4 by…
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Bruce Brubaker at the StoneThe New York Times, June 7, 2008
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https://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1100926&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1Bang On A Can Marathon 2008 – Dan Deacon "Ultimate Reality Part 3" from Justin Levine on Vimeo. Blogger Justin Levine caught some of the sweet spots in the weekend's Bang on a Can Marathon, including this nice video of the first two minutes from the already legendary Dan Deacon performance that touched off Bang…
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Bang on a Can Marathon at the World Financial CenterThe New York Times, June 2, 2008 Update: Darcy James Argue, among my companions for the duration, has posted a scrupulously detailed, characteristically insightful play-by-play account of the marathon, complete with photos.
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"Seeking Profits Beyond CD Sales"The New York Times, May 29, 2008 Confirming rumors that have circulated since arts manager Jeffrey Vanderveen announced his departure from IMG Artists in March, Universal Classics and Jazz announced on Wednesday the formation of a new division, Universal Music Classical Artist Management and Productions, headed by Vanderveen. Some of the…
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Seems I'm not the only one who made the transition from youthful heavy-metal enthusiast to grown-up classical-music aficionado: After attending a show by Finnish cello-thrash quartet Apocalyptica, Ontario critic John Keillor exposed his dark roots in "The Ear Wants What It Wants," an essay that appeared in Monday's edition of the National Post. Keillor goes…
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Bachiana Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie HallandThe Xanthos Ensemble at RouletteThe New York Times, May 26, 2008
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The Moscow Virtuosi at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, May 19, 2008
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The rather brilliant and awesomely cultured Elisabeth Vincentelli, my TONY colleague and the voice behind the excellent Determined Dilettante, has just put up a long post on the WNET/Channel 13 SundayArts blog that I reckon a bunch of you will want to read. The title is "How to sell art to the masses," and the…
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Paul Groves in the Movado Hour at the Baryshnikov Arts CenterThe New York Times, May 15, 2008
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Felicity Lott and Graham Johnson at Zankel HallThe New York Times, May 12, 2008
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Steve Reich: ‘Daniel Variations’; Variations for Vibes, Pianos and Strings Los Angeles Master Chorale, conducted by Grant Gershon; London Sinfonietta, conducted by Alan Pierson. Nonesuch 406780-2; CD. The New York Times, May 11, 2008 (ArkivMusic; Barnes & Noble)
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I’ve been tagged by my dear friend and colleague Molly Sheridan (of NewMusicBox, Mind the Gap and other worthy endeavors) for the latest blog meme making the rounds. Here are the rules: 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the next three sentences. 5.…
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My friend Hank Shteamer — TONY colleague, math-metal drummer and Dark Forces Swing blogger — has posted a detailed, insightful and highly entertaining account of the concert that Tashi presented at Town Hall yesterday. The performance was the quartet’s first New York appearance in some 30 years. Hank, as you might know, is a musical…
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Mannes Opera Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Hunter PlayhouseThe New York Times, May 5, 2008
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I’ve been pondering this blog’s purpose and value lately. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not in danger of disappearing — but I do sometimes wonder what service it’s providing other than being a link dump for my New York Times writing. That was never the intention. I started thinking about this a month ago —…
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This week’s award for creative use of vocabulary goes to one of three gents walking across town together after last night’s Dolly Parton show at Radio City Music Hall. "We can keep walking this way with the crowd," said one, "or we can turn left and sort of diaspora away from everyone." All three wore…
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Charles Neidich and the Juilliard String Quartet at the Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, May 1, 2008 For another detailed, illuminating view, read what Bruce Hodges had to say at Monotonous Forest.
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Lee Hoiby’s This Is the Rill Speaking and The Tempest at Symphony SpaceThe New York Times, April 30, 2008
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the New York Society for Ethical CultureThe New York Times, April 29, 2008
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