Uncategorized
-
World-champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs "Der Hölle Rache" from Mozart's Magic Flute — and doesn't cheat on the high notes. Most impressive. (Via 24 Oranges, a delightful English-language blog about all things Dutch.) At Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, in Lincoln Center's Time Warner shopping mall-cum-airport terminal, the Doctor and I caught a blazing set by Jane…
-
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at the Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe New York Times, September 29, 2008
-
La Gioconda at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, September 26, 2008
-
Like I said last time, the workload prevented my contributing anything at all to either of the TONY music sections this week. What I forgot, though, is that in a small way I'd contributed to the front of the magazine… even the cover, if you extend the gatefold fully. Time Out, the original, London-based parent…
-
… a genius — and now it's official. Warmest of congratulations to Alex Ross for being named one of 25 new MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant recipients today. Ross is one of four music-related prizewinners; the others are violinist Leila Josefowicz, jazz saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón, and composer-instrument builder Walter Kitundu. The New York Times…
-
Real Quiet at BargemusicThe New York Times, September 19, 2008
-
See that scowl on Ice Cube's face? That's about how I feel at having written nothing for this week's TONY except for a short preview of his upcoming show at Irving Plaza this Sunday (Sept. 21). And that's one more piece than I managed to write for next week's issue. It's not slack, I assure…
-
Calling: An Opera of Forgiveness at La MaMa E.T.C.The New York Times, September 16, 2008
-
"On Disc – Best of All Possible Bernstein"The New York Times, September 12, 2008 Here's the latest of those occasional Times CD roundups that I've always enjoyed reading, and now have the privilege of helping to create. The mandate was to choose five discs — or, more properly, "releases," which let Allan Kozinn get away…
-
Squashed flat by deadlines during last week's holiday-shortened frame, I only managed to squeeze out a single measly record review for TONY. I'm glad to have managed that much, though, because Juliana Hatfield's How to Walk Away is among the highlights of a career I've followed since those long-ago Blake Babies days of the late…
-
Soheil Nasseri at Merkin Concert HallThe New York Times, September 11, 2008
-
Fall and all attendant memoriesCrowd the day with unrelated historiesEach year leaves its unresolving fantasiesTo hang around each cornerHang around each street. Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitriesCarrying words as strangers exchange pleasantriesDo they intrude upon your private reveriesAs they meet you on each cornerMeet you on each street. Watch for daily…
-
Vertical Player Repertory Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Red Hook Marine TerminalThe New York Times, September 8, 2008
-
"Worldwide Demand for Mezzo-Soprano"The New York Times, September 7, 2008 Under that no-nonsense title you'll find my contribution to the Times's annual fall preview section, "The Season Ahead." Maybe it's unorthodox to sing the praises of Joyce DiDonato in advance of a season in which she's absent from the Metropolitan Opera House. But the Times…
-
Seriously, it's just the holiday that makes it look as if I haven't posted anything but TONY links in a week. That said, I'm pretty proud to share this week's experiment. Anyone who reads TONY regularly can tell how much we (meaning I) appreciate certain New York City-based artists and ensembles, some of whom the…
-
After a lovely and much-needed long weekend of sun, sand, ice cream and fireworks on the shore, it's time to catch up with my doings in this week's issue of Time Out New York. It's a big issue, too: the annual Fall Preview, with a few choice picks for happenings in New York between now…
-
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, August 25, 2008
-
Regular readers here have no doubt noticed that while I regularly link to my pieces in The New York Times, I provide links to my writing in Time Out New York much less frequently. The reason for that is simple enough: the TONY website has gone through a great many changes during the last few…
-
I've complained in the past about my inability to devote much time to blogging, and I'm in that frame of mind again today. I do, however, have a better excuse than usual: This afternoon marks my first time off after 19 consecutive days of work — a majority of those days in the 12-18 hour…
-
The Bard Music Festival at the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing ArtsThe New York Times, August 19, 2008
Night After Night 