Steve Smith
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The American Composers Orchestra and the Takács Quartet, both at Zankel HallThe New York Times, April 28, 2008
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Stravinsky Festival: Stephen Gosling and Eric Huebner at St. Bartholomew’s ChurchThe New York Times, April 24, 2008
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(Posted this afternoon on the TONY Blog) Moments ago, the Metropolitan Opera unveiled the details of its 2008–2009 series of high-definition transmissions to movie theaters worldwide. Citing the phenomenal success of the series, now seen on 600 screens around the globe (as well as a few select cruise ships), the project expands from 8 broadcasts…
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I was there. I saw the flouncing and prancing, the leaping and mugging. I heard some very good singing, some great singing and, of course, the 18 high C’s. I was impressed by the busyness of it all, but I just didn’t see what all the hype was about. I thought, perhaps, that it was…
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My promised TONY review of Satyagraha is too short to add much to the overall discussion, and its money line was reported here on opening night, anyway. But I’m glad to have done it, and glad that I could get it to the web a week before the actual physical magazine shipped. What I really…
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Great news from Blogville this morning: Make a point of bookmarking Mind the Gap, a new blog that debuted yesterday at Arts Journal. The author is Molly Sheridan (left), who you already know from NewMusicBox (where she provides, among other things, the weekly dose of wit that is The Friday Informer), Counterstream Radio and points…
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András Schiff at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, April 21, 2008
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Dísella Lárusdóttir at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, April 19, 2008 The “smoky jazz ballad” offered as an encore was almost certainly “Maðurhefur Nu” by the Icelandic composer Gunnar Reynir Sveinsson, based on information from a representative I asked, as well as a bit of additional research. But since an absolutely definitive reference to…
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According to this article by Paul de Barros in today’s Seattle Times, the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) will soon be no more. Hobbled by growth that outstripped management’s ability to maintain and fund, of all things, the organization will go into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and be liquidated. For students, teachers, musicians, critics and…
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Bruce Levingston at Zankel HallThe New York Times, April 16, 2008
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The Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, April 15, 2008
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I try to stay away from discussing my politics here*, but occasionally I’ll break that personal guideline in order to point out something worthwhile. Did you know that former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has a blog? Today’s post digs into the cynical media and political spins of the current "Bittergate" imbroglio. Reading backward, earlier…
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Hilary Hahn and Josh Ritter at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New York Times, April 14, 2008 Feast of Music has the scoop on Hahn and Ritter’s after-party at Drom. (Thanks to ACB for the tip.)
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Bloggers will no doubt be posting their thoughts on the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha any minute now, and the official reviews will surely follow close behind — there was a lot of press in the house tonight, including critics from Boston, Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. In a new development for…
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(Posted this afternoon on the TONY Blog) You know that the Metropolitan Opera has a major hit on its hands when the entire run of a new show sells out before opening night. And that’s the case with director Laurent Pelly’s new staging of La Fille de Régiment, a dizzy, tuneful bel canto comedy by…
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Marc-André Hamelin with the Academy of St. Martin in the FieldsThe New York Times, April 10, 2008
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David Helfgott at the Blue NoteThe New York Times, April 9, 2008
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(Posted this afternoon to the TONY Blog) Congratulations are in order for David Lang, who has just won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his vocal piece, The Little Match Girl Passion. Lang is best known as a member of the visionary collective Bang on a Can. Commissioned by Carnegie Hall, The Little Match Girl Passion…
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The voice at the other end of the phone had a familiar Bronx honk. “Hey Steve, this is Ace Frehley calling.” I blurted out the first thing that came to my mind. “You’ve got to know how completely surreal that sounds to me.”
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Gil Shaham at the Rose TheaterThe New York Times, April 4, 2008
Night After Night 