Carnegie Hall
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Trombonists of the Juilliard Orchestra, by Michael Nagle/The New York Times Juilliard Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, February 9, 2013The New York Times, Feb. 11, 2013 Not many people know it, but we live in a golden age for contemporary concert-band music, with both well-established composers and inventive up-and-comers creating new pieces for (mostly) collegiate wind
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Wu Man, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Wu Man at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia, December 6, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 10, 2012 Beyond its intrinsic merits, this concert marked the start of a promising new series of intimate concerts hosted by World Music Institute, an invaluable organization that brings all manner of worthy
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Gilberto Gil, by Marco Hermes; Osvaldo Golijov, by Tanit Sakakini; Gustavo Dudamel, by Chris Christodoulou "Calling Out the Neighboring Virtuosos: Voices of Latin America at Carnegie Hall"The New York Times, Nov. 5, 2012 Pretty happy with the way this one turned out…I feel like I'm getting better at creating an equilibrium in covering events that
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Gabriel Kahane at Zankel Hall, October 25, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 29, 2012 The Cee Lo Green song is the one you think it was. It was not listed in the Carnegie Hall program, nor were the lyrics were provided. It says something about Gabriel Kahane that the song felt more lived-in than did
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Alexandre Tharaud, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Alexandre Tharaud at Weill Recital Hall, October 24, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 26, 2012 Despite this review bearing (as I write this on Saturday afternoon) the byline of my boss, this is mine. As one friend noted on Facebook, "yeah, Jim O would never write 'clubbing'."
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain at Carnegie Hall, October 17, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2012 My only Times review so far to include Eddie Vedder and Zooey Deschanel in the lede graf. (Felt good to sneak in a Buke and Gase mention,
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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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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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New Juilliard Ensemble at Alice Tully HallThe New York Times, April 12, 2011
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WQXR "Trout Week": Ebène Quartet at the Greene SpaceThe New York Times, April 7, 2011 Between musical selections midway through this show, host Bill McGlaughlin asked the members of the Ebène Quartet how many concerts they present in a typical year. Around 120 was the response. After a few more tunes – "Misirlou," "Libertango," the
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American Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, March 31, 2011
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Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien at Weill Recital HallThe New York Times, March 22, 2011 Already deeply impressed with Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova through her remarkable series of recordings on the Hyperion label — one of which I reviewed for the Times, here — I was thrilled to finally get a chance to hear her
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Emerson String Quartet with James Galway at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, March 14, 2011
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Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, February 24, 2011 Images of the street protest mentioned in my review can be seen at Adalah-NY. I've posted my sole iPhone snap here, but I wish I'd gotten close enough to see the clever violin-shaped signs visible in the linked slideshow. Playlist: ProjeKct Three –
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Pierre-Laurent Aimard at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 11, 2010
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The Risør Chamber Music Festival at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, December 6, 2010 As linked in this review, here’s a video of the dazzling clarinetist Martin Fröst playing his brother Göran Fröst’s arrangement of klezmer giant Giora Feidman’s “Let’s Be Happy” at the Verbier Festival.
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra "Too Hot to Handel" at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, November 16, 2010
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Missy Mazzoli and Friends! at Roulette and Korean Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie HallThe New York Times, June 3, 2010 I'm not positive, but the Missy Mazzoli review might have been a web-only exclusive.
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