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Trey Anastasio with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, September 14, 2009 Tomorrow's news, today! Short of blogging, this is the fastest anything of mine has ever been published. (Amazingly, audio and video recordings reached the web even faster.)
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(photograph by Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times) "Out of School, Into the Nightclubs"The New York Times, September 13, 2009 My contribution to the annual "New Season" roundup in the Times is a brief piece about a new working collaboration among (Le) Poisson Rouge, Carnegie Hall and the Juilliard School. The benefits on all sides…
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Emmeline at the Dicapo Opera TheaterThe New York Times, September 12, 2009
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Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett and Sam Amidon at Miller TheatreThe New York Times, September 12, 2009
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"Haydn Recordings: A Legacy Reconsidered"The New York Times, September 11, 2009 As I've stated on several previous occasions, as a New York Times reader I always enjoyed the record-roundup features the paper has run for composers' birthdays and other auspicious occasions. For the last three years I've also enjoyed the privilege of contributing to those…
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In which your humble narrator resists alt-rock media kingpin Matt Pinfield's attempt to force alterations in the Top 20 Rock Songs list I painstakingly compiled for a Labor Day Weekend countdown on WRXP-FM. Cinema verité at its pithiest. The station posted the results of its "Definitive 1019" listener survey, and I'm only vaguely surprised to…
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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…
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Andrea Bocelli with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, September 10, 2009
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Native sonGotham-born maestro Alan Gilbert takes up the reins at the New York PhilharmonicTime Out New York, September 10–16, 2009
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Every Tuesday morning I make a brief appearance on 101.9 RXP, a local radio station that serves up a remarkably fresh mix of classic rock, alternative rock and contemporary hits. You're probably familiar with the station's morning-show host, Matt Pinfield, essentially the face of alternative rock on MTV during the late 1990s as the host…
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The Chelsea Symphony at BargemusicThe New York Times, August 24, 2009 I've nothing to add except… yummmm, ice cream.
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Bard Music Festival: Wagner and His World at Bard CollegeThe New York Times, August 17, 2009 There are two things I omitted from this Bard Music Festival review that I wish I'd said, and one thing I wish I'd had space to elaborate upon. So, in order… First: I wanted to mention, but just plain…
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"It's Her Turn to Call the Tune"The New York Times, August 14, 2009(photograph by Ángel Franco) A brief article about Melissa Smey, the new executive director of the Miller Theatre at Columbia University, one of New York's most significant musical institutions. Melissa is no newcomer to Miller, having served as the venue's general manager since…
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Regular visitors to this blog are familiar with my occasional lamentations regarding a workload that hasn't allowed me to do much writing here during the last several months — okay, let's be honest, the last year. I'm continually grateful for the generous platforms I'm afforded in my work at Time Out New York and The…
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Rhys Chatham's Crimson Grail and Liquid Liquid at Damrosch ParkThe New York Times, August 10, 2009
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On Wednesday evening at Lincoln Center, the Asphalt Orchestra, Bang on a Can's funky new street band, made its public debut with a rousing set of charts by Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Meshuggah, Charles Mingus, Tyondai Braxton and Goran Bregovic. Presented by Lincoln Center Out of Doors, choreographed by Susan Marshall and costumed by Elizabeth…
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I was shocked and saddened to learn yesterday of the sudden, unexpected passing last weekend of Robert Hilferty—a keen arts journalist, astute critic, admired colleague, dazzling raconteur and gregarious bon vivant. Although he hadn't written for TONY in some time, Robert was an important contributor to this magazine's early success; among the other publications whose…
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The New York Philharmonic in Central ParkThe New York Times, July 21, 2009
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The Kronos Quartet at the Prospect Park BandshellThe New York Times, July 18, 2009 I'm dismayed to note, and bound to confess, that there is an outright error near the end of this review — one blatant enough that I spotted it immediately this morning. While I correctly recorded in my handwritten notes the name…
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The Castleton Festival Orchestra, The Rape of Lucretia and The Beggar's Opera at the Castleton FestivalThe New York Times, July 14, 2009
Night After Night 