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Karen Gillan, Matt Smith, Chris Hardwick and Caroline Skinner outside the Ziegfeld Theater Q&A, Caroline Skinner, Executive Producer of Doctor WhoThe New York Times Artsbeat, August 29, 2012 Prior to the preview screening of the Doctor Who season premiere, "Asylum of the Daleks," at the Ziegfeld Theater last Saturday night, described in the previous post,…
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"A Warm Welcome for 'Doctor Who' in New York"The New York Times Artsbeat, August 26, 2012 In a reasonably spontaneous yet entirely natural departure from my usual beat, on Saturday evening I covered BBC America's American-debut preview of “Asylum of the Daleks,” the first episode from the forthcoming seventh season of Doctor Who. The episode,…
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Pauline Oliveros at the Bang on a Can Marathon, by Jennifer Taylor/The New York Times "Strange Sounds Led a Composer to a Long Career"The New York Times, August 12, 2012 Profiling the composer, improviser and teacher Pauline Oliveros for The New York Times was an incredible privilege; the only problem is that it…
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International Contemporary Ensemble, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times International Contemporary Ensemble at Rose Theater, August 5, 2012The New York Times, August 7, 2012 An amazing performance by the International Contemporary Ensemble, whose performances at the Mostly Mozart Festival this year mark the start of a tenth-anniversary season chock-full of musical marvels and…
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Phil Kline's dreamcitynine, by Richard Termine/The New York Times Phil Kline's dreamcitynine at Lincoln Center, August 3, 2012The New York Times, August 6, 2012 You can still hear the 60 stories Phil Kline commissioned for dreamcitynine, his intriguing and impressive tribute to John Cage (and to Indeterminacy in specific), at Lincoln Center through…
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Caroline Chin and Brian Snow, by Richard Termine/The New York Times Caroline Chin and Brian Snow at Spectrum, July 31, 2012The New York Times, August 2, 2012 Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home for intimate concerts enjoyed with friends old and new. That's been the operative assumption behind countless salons, soirees…
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Shen Tiemei and Jiang Qihu, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Feng Yi Ting at the Lincoln Center FestivalThe New York Times, July 28, 2012 "…a brilliant morsel of theatrical art, flamboyantly conceived and compellingly staged." Sometimes, ebullience trumps eloquence. Anyway, there is one performance of Guo Wenjing's fabulous 45-minute opera remaining, tonight…
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Eglise Gutierrez, by Gabe Palacio/The New York Times I Capuleti e i Montecchi at the Caramoor International Music FestivalThe New York Times, July 23, 2012 Seeking objective truth in reviews of live events is always a fascinating prospect. In this review, I'm very keen on Eglise Gutiérrez, more moderate but still positive on…
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Blair McMillen at BargemusicThe New York Times, December 6, 2011 Alex Ross has a report on Blair McMillen's previous performance of Morton Feldman's Triadic Memories at Bargemusic, presented in July.
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New York Women's Ensemble at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 2, 2011 Proof of how small and intensely interconnected this world truly is: Marilyn Rife — a percussionist, the director of orchestra personnel and human resources for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the director of orchestra personnel for the newly formed New York Women's…
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Kent Tritle at the Cathedral Church of St. John the DivineThe New York Times, November 25, 2011 Much as I genuinely enjoy the pipe organ and aspire to expertise regarding its mechanics and repertoire, I freely confess that, no, I did not pick out and identify unaided the specific registration Kent Tritle used as a…
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Robert Ashley's That Morning Thing at the KitchenThe New York Times, November 24, 2011 Immersed as I've been in Robert Ashley's music just lately, coming to That Morning Thing was still a matter of some considerable mystery; there's not a lot of historical detail out there about the piece, arguably Ashley's first opera and certainly…
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The New York Philharmonic with Bernard Haitink at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, November 19, 2011
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Detail of WQXR-FM "OBEY THOVEN" campaign poster image; design by Eyeball Orchestre Révolutionaire et Romantique at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 18, 2011 Sometimes finding the right hook for an overnight review is a challenge, even a lengthy struggle. And sometimes the right hook simply sits down beside you. This was an example of…
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Steven Schick playing "North Star Boogaloo." Photograph: Erin Baiano/The New York Times International Contemporary Ensemble: George Lewis Composer Portrait at Miller TheatreThe New York Times, November 14, 2011 Happy as I am with most of this review, I'm still kind of amazed that I managed to write an entire piece on George Lewis without once…
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Olivier Latry at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, November 14, 2011 As noted in this review, a small but steady trickle of patrons departed from this concert from about the 10-minute mark forward. You have to wonder just what it was they thought they were getting into with a 75-minute continuous program of Messiaen's…
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Leonidas Kavakos and Enrico Pace at Zankel HallThe New York Times, November 11, 2011
Night After Night 