White Light Festival

  • 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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  • Dearly beloved.

    The Manganiyar Seduction at the Rose TheaterThe New York Times, November 24, 2010 By a sizable factor, here was the White Light Festival offering that moved me most. (No, I did not see all of them.) That point is probably the reason why the way this review ended actually surprised me. I was also happy

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  • I saw the light.

    "White Light: Is It Driven by the Soul or by Sales?"The New York Times, November 23, 2010 As I mentioned in the post-before-last, The New York Times asked its classical-music critics and reporter to discuss the pros and cons of the White Light Festival at Lincoln Center on the paper's Artsbeat blog about a week

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  • Photograph: Chad Batka/The New York Times "White Light Festival: An Act of Testimony"The New York Times Artsbeat, November 19, 2010 Over the past few weeks I've reviewed several events in Lincoln Center's inaugural White Light Festival, a series devoted to exploring spirituality in music — or, more specifically, to promoting the notion that some kinds

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  • Invisible touch.

    Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, and the Latvian National Choir at the Kaplan PenthouseThe New York Times, November 15, 2010 Two concerts, one saxophonist I'm glad to have heard live at last, two excellent vocal groups and one hidden hand behind it all. I profiled Manfred Eicher,

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