Live reviews
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21c Liederabend, Night One, at the KitchenThe New York Times, April 9, 2011 An outstanding event, but not my favorite piece of writing. Deadlines, word counts and basic human frailties are a continual challenge, and you don't win them all.
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WQXR "Trout Week": Ebène Quartet at the Greene SpaceThe New York Times, April 7, 2011 Between musical selections midway through this show, host Bill McGlaughlin asked the members of the Ebène Quartet how many concerts they present in a typical year. Around 120 was the response. After a few more tunes – "Misirlou," "Libertango," the…
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Anne-Sophie Mutter, Roman Patkoló and members of the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, April 6, 2011 What kind of musician attracts Anne-Sophie Mutter's attention? Watch bassist Roman Patkoló playing Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen, a familiar violin showpiece, and you'll know the answer.
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Anne-Sophie Mutter with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, April 2, 2011 In tempus praesens, the solemn, beautiful violin concerto by Sofia Gubaidulina that Anne-Sophie Mutter just performed with Michael Tilson Thomas and the New York Philharmonic, is the subject of a recent documentary film, Sophia: Biography of a Violin…
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American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, March 31, 2011
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The Belcea Quartet at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, March 30, 2011
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The Juilliard Orchestra at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, March 29, 2011
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The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, March 25, 2011 Writing reviews is seldom easy, but this one was an exception; somehow, once the opening bit came to me, the rest flowed without much effort. I had real fun with it. And yes, the opening quotes are genuine.
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Center for Contemporary Opera The Secret Agent at the Kaye PlayhouseThe New York Times, March 22, 2011
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Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien at Weill Recital HallThe New York Times, March 22, 2011 Already deeply impressed with Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova through her remarkable series of recordings on the Hyperion label — one of which I reviewed for the Times, here — I was thrilled to finally get a chance to hear her…
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Emerson String Quartet with James Galway at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, March 14, 2011
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Les Arts Florissants Anacréon and Pygmalion at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, March 14, 2011
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Alarm Will Sound: 1969 at Zankel HallThe New York Times, March 12, 2011
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Konrad Kaczmarek, Judd Greenstein, Chris Thompson and Olga Bell; photograph by David Andrako. The Yehudim and Olga Bell at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, March 5, 2011 But if the Yehudim were dressed in matching white with gold accents as you describe, I hear you ask, why is Olga Bell dressed in black in…
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Takács Quartet at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, February 28, 2011 Even if you're not all that interested in reading about one of the world's finest string quartets burning down the house with three works by Schubert, click through long enough to have a look at Times photographer Brian Harkin's amazing shot of…
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Gian Carlo Menotti's The Saint of Bleecker Street at Dicapo Opera TheatreThe New York Times, February 26, 2011 Small caveats aside, this really is one of the best productions I've seen at the Dicapo Opera, a company that seems to be finding an identity of its own in part by preserving and celebrating mainstream American…
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, February 24, 2011 Images of the street protest mentioned in my review can be seen at Adalah-NY. I've posted my sole iPhone snap here, but I wish I'd gotten close enough to see the clever violin-shaped signs visible in the linked slideshow. Playlist: ProjeKct Three –…
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Tune-In Music Festival: Inuksuit at the Park Avenue ArmoryThe New York Times, February 22, 2011 Some scenes from the performance: The drill hall, viewed from the east end. John Luther Adams (left), rapt. David T. Little at work. Nicholas Photinos of eighth blackbird in a stairwell. Looking down from behind Steven Schick, west-end gallery.
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