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The Juilliard Orchestra with John Adams at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, February 21, 2011 The night after this concert, I finally got to see the Metropolitan Opera's new production of John Adams's opera Nixon in China, presented in the original 1987 staging by Peter Sellars–more or less. Many reviews appeared after the premiere earlier…
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The New York Philharmonic with Branford Marsalis at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, February 19, 2011 I rarely receive feedback on my reviews from strangers, directly, but every time I do, I learn something valuable. After this review appeared in print this morning, I got an e-mail from someone who attended the matinee performance…
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Leon Fleisher: In Focus at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, December 15, 2010 In preparing for this review, I read several sizable chunks from Leon Fleisher’s newly published memoir, My Nine Lives, co-written by my friend and colleague Anne Midgette. What little part I managed to read confirmed what I’d already suspected: the…
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Steven Isserlis and Jeremy Denk at the 92nd Street YThe New York Times, December 13, 2010 Needless to say, and unsurprisingly, this was terrific: a perfect example of two intelligent, inquisitive artists finding common ground in a recital that covered a lot of unfamiliar and worthwhile territory. Erin Baiano's terrific photograph brilliantly captures the energy…
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 11, 2010
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The Risør Chamber Music Festival at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 6, 2010 As linked in this review, here’s a video of the dazzling clarinetist Martin Fröst playing his brother Göran Fröst’s arrangement of klezmer giant Giora Feidman’s “Let’s Be Happy” at the Verbier Festival.
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Andrea Bocelli at Madison Square GardenThe New York Times, December 4, 2010 Andrea Bocelli presents "My Christmas" at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ tonight, and there's no reason to think that things won't go just a bit more smoothly than they did on opening night: a Garden show less engaging than that of Justin…
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Darmstadt Essential Repertoire at Issue Project RoomThe New York Times, December 3, 2010 Night one of this vital young festival featured a sterling cast of local luminaries in Berio's first ten Sequenzas. I only wish I could have spilled more ink on the performers bunched together at the end, as every participant brought something unique…
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The Manganiyar Seduction at the Rose TheaterThe New York Times, November 24, 2010 By a sizable factor, here was the White Light Festival offering that moved me most. (No, I did not see all of them.) That point is probably the reason why the way this review ended actually surprised me. I was also happy…
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New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: Utopia, Limited at Symphony SpaceThe New York Times, November 23, 2010
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Bryn Terfel and Malcolm Martineau at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 19, 2010
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Jonsi and Alex, Kjartan Sveinsson, the Hilliard Ensemble, the Latvian National Choir and the Wordless Music Orchestra at the Church of St. Paul the ApostleThe New York Times, November 17, 2010
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra "Too Hot to Handel" at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 16, 2010
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The Eroica Trio with Richard Stoltzman at the Rubin Museum of ArtThe New York Times, November 9, 2010 I've said it before, I've tried it before and I'm trying it again: one way or another, I'm getting this blog back on track.
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A week and a bit after I went to hear Paul Motian and Bill Frisell play at the Village Vanguard with saxophonists Tony Malaby and Mark Turner (reported here), I returned for the last night of the next week's run (Sunday, Sept. 5), during which saxophonist Joe Lovano returned to his place at the center…
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Ryoji Ikeda datamatics [ver. 2.0] at Florence Gould HallThe New York Times, September 13, 2010
Night After Night 