Night After Night

Writing, a blog, and a newsletter. By Steve Smith.

Alex Lipowski

  • Music of Pierluigi Billone at Boston University, March 19-20, 2015

    Samuel Dunscombe and Curt Miller, by Sean Procter/Boston Globe Music of Pierluigi Billone at Boston University, March 19-20, 2015Boston GlobeMarch 23, 2015 Two concerts featuring compositions by the Italian-born, Vienna-based composer Pierluigi Billone, whose name and music I first encountered because of the Talea Ensemble. How often have I spoken or written that particular phrase

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  • Talea Ensemble at the Austrian Cultural Forum, March 4, 2014

    Talea Ensemble at the Austrian Cultural Forum, March 4, 2014The New York Times, March 6, 2014 My report on a Talea Ensemble performance at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York, one of many fruitful intersections between those two important institutions. Since there was no Times photographer on hand, I've chosen an older video of Talea's

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  • Momenta Quartet at the Stone, January 8, 2013

    Momenta Quartet, by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Momenta Quartet at the Stone, January 8, 2013The New York Times, Jan. 10, 2013 Another review from the series curated by David Fulmer at the Stone in January, now concluded. As it happens, Fulmer's stint was among the last of the two-week curatorial runs that have

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  • Moonlight becomes you.

    Mannes Beethoven Institute at Mannes College the New School for MusicThe New York Times, June 4, 2010 The short week evidently did a number on my memory: I wrote that this concert took place on Tuesday night, but it was actually on Wednesday. I am duly chastened, and a correction should be appended shortly has

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