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Kyle Bielfield in Curlew River, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Curlew River and Riders to the Sea at the Juilliard School, December 9, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 11, 2012 A tremendous double bill of Britten's church parable Curlew River and Vaughan Williams's opera Riders to the Sea, presented by what might just be
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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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Juraj Valcuha conducts the New York Philharmonic, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, December 5, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2012 An auspicious debut for conductor Juraj Valcuha.
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Stephen O'Brien in The Sorcerer, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The Sorcerer at Gerald W. Lynch Theater, December 1, 2012The New York Times, Dec. 4, 2012 Few companies in my experience do Gilbert & Sullivan as honorably and charmingly as Albert Bergeret's New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, whose annual three-show residency at the
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Juilliard String Quartet, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Juilliard String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall, November 27, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2012 A very different strain of Linsanity.
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Jonathan Griffith conducting Distinguished Concerts International, by Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times Distinguished Concerts International at Avery Fisher Hall, November 25, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 27, 2012 What a treat to hear the bombastic arrangement of Handel's Messiah made by Eugene Goossens for Thomas Beecham, a standout among a full slate of more
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Some of the tiniest migranti, by Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times Il Cerchio Tagliato dei Suoni at the Guggenheim Museum, November 20, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2012 104 flutes in a U.S. premiere by Salvatore Sciarrino…and one of my favorite Times headlines, ever. What's not to love?
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Gilbert Kalish and Kiera Duffy, by Tina Fineberg/The New York Times Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center at Alice Tully Hall, November 18, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 22, 2012 Contrary to one slightly waggish comment that came via social media, suggesting that perhaps I was feeling a certain pressure to "popularize" my writing for
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Lucy Crowe and Kate Lindsey, by Sara Krulwich/The New York Times La clemenza di Tito at the Metropolitan Opera House, November 16, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 20, 2012 After a jam-packed run-up to an unusually relaxed and personally productive four-day weekend, time for a bit of catching up before the deluge commences anew. You've
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Catherine Malfitano, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The Martyrs at Dicapo Opera Theater, November 10, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 14, 2012 Not-insubstantial caveats about specifics aside, I continue to be impressed by the resourcefulness and pluck the Dicapo Opera shows in filling a useful, important niche in New York City's operatic
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Glenn Dicterow, Alisa Weilerstein, Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic, by Richard Termine/The New York Times The New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall, November 8, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 10, 2012 A slightly messy concert, but a consistently exciting one, too. After I posted this review on Facebook, a friend pointed out
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Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, by Ruby Washington/The New York Times Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava at Alice Tully Hall, November 5, 2012The New York Times, Nov. 8, 2012 Posted here belatedly because sometimes there aren't enough hours in a day, a week or a life, this is a review of the only night I attended in Petr Kotik's
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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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William Christie, by Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times Les Arts Florissants at Alice Tully Hall, October 19, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 22, 2012 Like the lede says, there are few things in life or art more reliable than the excellence of a concert by the eminent conductor William Christie and Les Arts Florissants. This
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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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Garrison Keillor with the New York Philharmonic, by Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Garrison Keillor with the New York Philharmonic, October 16, 2012The New York Times, Oct. 18, 2012 Pretty much explains itself, except to say that I was surprised, in my first time seeing Mr. Keillor perform live, by just how little eye
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