Steve Smith
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Philip Glass has had a huge 70th-birthday year, and now he’s sharing his good fortune. Head over to Glass Notes, the official Glass blog, and you can download free of charge an exclusive unplugged performance of "Raising the Sail," a cue from Glass’s score for The Truman Show, taped live in Gmuden, Austria during the…
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Amahl and the Night Visitors at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola and Isaac Mizrahi does Peter and the Wolf at the Guggenheim MuseumThe New York Times, December 17, 2007
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The New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 11, 2007
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(Posted this afternoon on the TONY Blog) Peter Cherches — poet, occasional vocalist, jazz fan and food blogger extraordinaire — compiled a concise but thorough research guide covering the history of New York’s downtown music scene(s) for the Fales Library at New York University earlier this year. Today he posted his work online for everyone’s…
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The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at the New York Society for Ethical Culture and The Tallis Scholars at St. Thomas ChurchThe New York Times, December 8, 2007
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I’ll be the first one to admit that I have been a very, very slack blogger just lately: I’ve been out to see and hear things almost every night, but workload, official assignments and my much-discussed technical problems have kept me from writing much of anything. Last night I heard Einstein on the Beach, or…
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Sad news has poured in at a steady pace today. I had no personal connection with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Andrew Imbrie or H. Wiley Hitchcock. But my life has been enriched by the work of each, so I turn to the words of more knowledgeable souls. Alex Ross on Karlheinz Stockhausen Robert Commanday on Andrew Imbrie…
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Here is a complete list of this year’s classical Grammy nominees. There’s a lot here to talk about, but for now, discuss amongst yourselves. Hearty congratulations to my old friend and colleague Blanton Alspaugh for the Producer of the Year nod. Field 29 — Production, Classical Category 96 Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer’s…
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Alain Planès at the Frick CollectionThe New York Times, December 4, 2007
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Per the advice of nearly everyone in the comments that appear under the previous post, I’m trying out Firefox for blog posting. I’m not seeing any new features above and beyond what I’ve always noticed in Internet Explorer, but at least I’ve now been schooled in the art of saving drafts. Time will tell whether…
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I spent a long time tonight composing a post about Gustavo Dudamel’s appearance with the New York Philharmonic on Saturday night. Recklessly, however, once again I wrote it in the Typepad window of the browser rather than a text editor. It’s more convenient, especially in designing the post and searching for links. At least it…
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Tactus at the Manhattan School of MusicThe New York Times, November 30, 2007
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By now you’ve heard all about Deutsche Grammophon’s swanky new e-commerce web site DG Web Shop, which was launched on Wednesday. Alex Ross reported promising results from an initial test drive. A.C. Douglas quoted part of a TechCrunch article that was helpful regarding nerd specs (320 kbps encoding, DRM free), if not especially informed about…
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The world grew just a bit dimmer and sadder today with the passing of Tom Terrell, a gifted writer and — more importantly — one of the sweetest, most loving human beings it has ever been my privilege to encounter. Tom left us this morning after a long battle with cancer. A lot of folks…
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Having spent the past hour-plus composing a post on my unexpected and amazing weekend rendezvous with Lucy in Houston, only to see my efforts trashed by the fabulosity that is Windows (Vista apparently included), I’m wishing that Nico Muhly’s warning had arrived a day or so earlier. Feh. Which is not to mention that the…
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Ending months of speculation among intense, balding, bespectacled* not-so-young men, the new King Crimson lineup was finally confirmed this week on DGMLive, Robert Fripp’s website. In addition to Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto, about whom we’ve known for quite a long time now, drummer Gavin Harrison was announced as a fifth (and…
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Newly added to the blogroll are Classicalive, Brian Hinrich’s fresh reportage of classical-music life from both eastern and western perspectives in Bangkok — which doesn’t need my help racking up fresh visits since hitmeister nonpareil Alex Ross mentioned it first — and Urban Modern, New York oboist James Roe’s lively site. Look for both among…
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Gordon Mumma at the Merce Cunningham Dance Company studioThe New York Times, November 21, 2007
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Jo Kondo and Robert Wilson at the Guggenheim MuseumThe New York Times, November 20, 2007 Footnote: You can see Robert ParkeHarrison’s "The Architect’s Brother," an evocative collection of images mentioned in this review, here.
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Bernard Holland earns his share of both hosannas and brickbats amongst the bloggerati. It is far from my place to judge, but I am gladly willing to state in this most public of forums that I hope to one day write a piece of criticism as insightful and incisive as this review of Friday night’s…
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