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Maya Beiser at (Le) Poisson RougeThe New York Times, April 19, 2010
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"There's a Theorbo in the Rock Bin"The New York Times, April 18, 2010 A review of new albums by three category-defying groups: Clogs, Slow Six and Redhooker (pictured). Each group blurs an increasingly meaningless boundary between contemporary classical music and alternative rock; each disc, in its own way, is more or less a departure for
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Spinning in my head during the week of April 11-17, 2010: King Crimson – Live in Warsaw, June 11, 2000 (DGM King Crimson Collectors Club) Christopher Rouse – Odna Zhizn – New York Philharmonic/Alan Gilbert (New York Philharmonic/iTunes) Laurie Anderson – Homeland (Nonesuch, due out June 15) Richard Strauss – An Alpine Symphony –
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The Jazz Journalists Association has just announced its nominations for the 2010 JJA Jazz Awards have just been announced, and congratulations are due to saxophonist, bandleader and composer Steve Lehman, who earned three nods this year: composer of the year, record of the year (for the exhilarating Travail, Transformation and Flow) and alto saxophonist of
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Photograph by Richard Termine/The New York Times Ne(x)tworks at 110 Livingston StreetThe New York Times, April 13, 2009 And we're back, after the longest break I've ever taken from blogging. Let's not dwell on the reasons why I haven't posted anything since late December; suffice it to say that for the first few months I
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Watch this space. (Really.)
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Darmstadt Essential Repertoire at Issue Project RoomThe New York Times, December 7, 2009 Connie Beckley, Blue Gene Tyranny and Petr Kotik, all in one night… now that's a special program. I happen to think we're living in a pretty amazing time for grassroots art in New York City, but attending a concert like this, much
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DJ Spooky Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera HouseThe New York Times, December 4, 2009 "I do not regret this journey; we took risks, we knew we took them, things have come out against us, therefore we have no cause for complaint." From Captain Robert Falcon Scott's final journal entry, as
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Le nozze di Figaro at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, November 26, 2009
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Cameron Carpenter at the Church of St. Mary the VirginThe New York Times, November 23, 2009
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Il Trittico at the Metropolitan OperaThe New York Times, November 23, 2009
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Hafez Nazeri: Rumi Symphony Project at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 17, 2009 Even though it's accurate, the first paragraph of this review (and the last sentence of the paragraph in particular) is still cause for mild embarrassment.
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Juilliard Opera: Ariodante at the Peter Jay Sharp TheaterThe New York Times, November 13, 2009 With each visit to a Juilliard Opera production comes a new slate of promising young singers to watch. Here, the stand-out performers were Anthony Roth Costanzo, an intense (and increasingly visible) countertenor; Haeran Hong, a soprano with a lovely voice
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The New Juilliard Ensemble at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, November 11, 2009
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Galina Ustvolskaya Composer Portrait with Fifth House Ensemble at Miller TheatreThe New York Times, November 10, 2009
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American Modern Ensemble at Galapagos Art SpaceThe New York Times, November 6, 2009
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The New York Philharmonic with Emanuel Ax at Avery Fisher HallThe New York Times, November 2, 2009
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Lang Lang and Friends at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, October 29, 2009
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