The New York Times
Features
Hannah Kendall: “Hannah Kendall Writes Music With a Vocabulary of Her Own,” July 30, 2024 [gift link]
Frank London: “A Celebration of Frank London’s Music Will Be Missing One Thing: Him,” May 29, 2024 [gift link]
Jim Staley: “The Man Who Made Roulette Into New York’s Music Lab,” May 18, 2024 [gift link]
Christian Wolff: “Composer, Uninterrupted: Christian Wolff at 90,” March 2, 2024 [gift link]
Anthony Parnther: “A Conductor for the Future at Home With ‘Black Panther’ and Prokofiev,” Dec. 19, 2023 [gift link]
Gateways Music Festival: “Camaraderie and Visibility: A Festival for Black Classical Musicians,” Oct. 18, 2023 [gift link]
Tangerine Dream: “Electronic Pioneers Tangerine Dream Shape-Shift Once Again,” Sept. 25, 2023 [gift link]
Xian Zhang: “A Conductor Becomes a Virtual-Concert Jet-Setter,” Nov. 4, 2020 [gift link]
Sarah Hennies: “Sharing an Intimate Musical Vision,” Oct. 15, 2020 [gift link]
Ne(x)tworks: “An Experimental Music Ensemble Won’t Just Fade Away,” Oct. 23, 2019 [link]
Gelsey Bell, Jacqueline Humbert, and Mimi Johnson: “The Pleasures and Perils of Reviving a Robert Ashley Opera,” Feb. 1, 2019 [link]
Michel van der Aa: “Compositions Created to Be Seen… as Well as Heard,” Oct. 27, 2013 [gift link]
Pauline Oliveros: “Strange Sounds Led a Composer to a Long Career,” Aug. 10, 2012 [gift link]
Kronos Quartet: “The String Quartet, Reinvented,” Feb. 26, 2010 [gift link]
Unsound Festival: “Hello, New York: Avant-Garde Eastern Europe,” Jan. 29, 2010 [link]
Gabriel Kahane: “A Singer-Songwriter Ignores Musical Boundaries,” Apr. 24, 2009 [link]
Ethel: “Don’t Call It a String Quartet. It’s a Band.” Oct. 20, 2002 [gift link]
Performance reviews
MATA Festival with Uusinta: “Global Sounds, Woven Together,” The Kitchen, April 17, 2014 [link]
Stephen Hough: “Finding Fresh Poetry in the Familiar,” Alice Tully Hall, April 14, 2014 [link]
Robert Ashley, Crash: “Still Sensing the Presence of a Departed Composer,” Whitney Museum of American Art, April 14, 2014 [link]
Music for Contemplation with Craig Shepard, Tyler William Wilcox, and Dan Joseph: “A Few Notes to Hear All,” April 8, 2014 [link]
American Composers Orchestra with George Manahan and Luciana Souza: “Crossing Borders With Allure,” Zankel Hall, April 7, 2014 [link]
Unsound Festival with Oren Ambarchi and Roc Jiménez de Cisneros: “Classical, as It Meets Club Scene,” Issue Project Room, April 4, 2014 [link]
Jacob Greenberg and Reinier van Houdt: “A Bit of Beethoven in a Mix of Modern,” Spectrum, March 26, 2014 [link]
Emerson String Quartet: “A Live String Ensemble, With Death on Its Program,” Alice Tully Hall, March 25, 2014 [link]
Colin Stetson and Brooklyn Youth Chorus: “Interpretations Looking Back and to the Future,” Merkin Hall, March 24, 2014 [link]
John Zorn Masada Marathon: “Still Doleful, Still Impulsive,” The Town Hall, March 20, 2014 [link]
Vienna Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta, Gil Shaham, Diana Damrau, Christoph Eschenbach, and Juliane Banse: “Vienna Love Fest Comes to Sober and Sassy End,” Carnegie Hall, March 17, 2014 [link]
New York Philharmonic with Alan Gilbert: “Grandeur, Delicacy and Duels in Nielsen Symphonies,” Avery Fisher Hall, March 14, 2014 [link]
Trinity Choir with Julian Wachner: “Offering Choral Solace for Composers’ Laments,” Trinity Wall Street, March 12, 2014 [link]
Talea Ensemble: “Iconoclasm Out of Austria,” Austrian Cultural Forum, March 5, 2014 [link]
Ethel: Documerica: “An Environmental Album Recaptured in a Concert,” BAM Harvey Theater, Oct. 6, 2013 [gift link]
Steve Dalachinsky, Joe McPhee, and Charlemagne Palestine: “What’s an Avant-Garde Evening Without a Poet and Plush Toys?,” Issue Project Room, Sept. 5, 2013 [gift link]
Eyvind Kang: “A Conceptual Palette, Spare to Hallucinatory,” The Stone, July 3, 2013 [link]
Conrad Tao: “Lauded, but Not Resting on His Laurels,” Powerhouse Arena, June 12, 2013 [link]
Steven Wilson: “An Artist Brushes Off the Constraints of Chart-Friendly Songs,” Best Buy Theater, Apr. 28, 2013 [gift link]
Tectonics Festival: “In Iceland, a Festival of Present and Future,” Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center, Reykjavik, Iceland, Apr. 23, 2013 [gift link]
Michel van der Aa/David Mitchell, Sunken Garden: “A Fantastical Tale to Set the Ears and Eyes Popping,” Barbican Center, London, England, Apr. 16, 2013 [gift link]
Yes: “Tour Bus Rolls On, Newbies Included,” Beacon Theater, Apr. 10, 2013 [gift link]
Robert Wilson/Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, and David T. Little/Royce Vavrek, Dog Days: “Curtain Falls, But Operas Reverberate,” Dec. 14, 2012 [link]
Gabriel Kahane: “Boundaries? Don’t Bother,” Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Oct. 28, 2012 [gift link]
David T. Little/Royce Vavrek, Dog Days: “Fighting for Survival, Like Animals,” Peak Performances at Montclair State University, Oct. 3, 2012 [gift link]
Bang on a Can Marathon 2012: “Hour by Hour, Celebrating an Eclectic Festival,” Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, June 18, 2012 [gift link]
21c Liederabend, The Kitchen, Apr. 8, 2011 [link]
Ebène Quartet: “Classical-Music Station Sponsors a Week of Chamber Works, On and Off the Air,” Apr. 6, 2011 [link]
John Luther Adams, Inuksuit: “Turning It Outside-In at Armory,” Park Avenue Armory, Feb. 21, 2011 [link]
Ecstatic Music Festival: “Festival Where Boundary-Defying Musicians Mix and Mingle,” Merkin Hall, Jan. 18, 2011 [gift link]
Kronos Quartet: “A Quartet Mixes It Up With Younger Voices,” Le Poisson Rouge, Oct. 11, 2010 [link]
International Contemporary Ensemble: “An Intrepid Group Surveys an Idiosyncratic Composer,” Yamaha Piano Salon, July 8, 2010 [link]
Bang on a Can Marathon 2010: “Worlds Colliding but Never Clashing,” Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, June 28, 2010 [link]
New York Philharmonic with Andrew Davis and Susan Graham: “From France, Works of Fanfare and Gentle Majesty,” Avery Fisher Hall, June 4, 2010 [link]
Jake Heggie, Moby-Dick: “A Role for the Roiling Sea as Ahab Hunts His Whale,” Dallas Opera, May 2, 2010 [gift link]
Sō Percussion: “Cooking Timers, Golf Tethers, Windup Toys: It’s All Rhythm,” Zankel Hall, March 26, 2010 [gift link]
Gabriel Kahane: “Tied to a Time and Place, but Not a Single Style,” The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center, March 4, 2010 [link]
American Contemporary Music Ensemble: “Zen Composer Meets Boombox Impresario,” The Tank, Dec. 20, 2009 [link]
Giacomo Puccini, Il Trittico: “Desperate Woman Times 3,” Metropolitan Opera, Nov. 22, 2009 [link]
New York Philharmonic with Trey Anastasio: “A Lesson in Jamming for the Philharmonic,” Carnegie Hall, Sept. 13, 2009 [gift link]
New York Philharmonic with Andrea Bocelli: “No Mikes: Just a Man, His Voice and Fans,” Carnegie Hall, Sept. 9, 2009 [gift link]
Kronos Quartet: “It’s All About Brooklyn at Prospect Park Concert,” Prospect Park Bandshell, July 17, 2009 [link]
Sarah Kirkland Snider, Penelope: “Welcome Home, Says a New Mrs. Odysseus,” Galapagos Art Space, May 24, 2009 [gift link]
Sō Percussion: “All the Percussion That’s Fit to Pound” (Composer Portrait: George Crumb), Miller Theatre, Feb. 4, 2009 [gift link]
Bang on a Can Marathon 2008: “Festival’s 21st Birthday Celebration Blurs Boundaries, Dusk Till Dawn,” Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, June 2, 2008 [link]
Bang on a Can Marathon 2007: “Breaking the Barriers of Music in a New York Marathon,” Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, June 5, 2007 [link]
Anthony Davis/Yusef Komunyakaa, Wakonda’s Dream: “Of Coyotes, Men and Tribal Memory,” Opera Omaha, Orpheum Theater, Omaha, Nebraska, March 9, 2007 [gift link]
Lionheart and Ethel (Phil Kline: John the Revelator), Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, Nov. 14, 2006 [link]
Teatro Grattacielo (Riccardo Zandonai: La Farsa Amorosa), Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Nov. 14, 2006 [link]
New York Philharmonic with Marin Alsop and Leila Josefowicz: “In Central Park, Rain and Beethoven by the New York Philharmonic,” Central Park, July 20, 2006 [gift link]
Performance previews
New York Choral Society and Orchestra with David Hayes and Jennifer Koh: “Violin and Chorus In Unusual Hybrid,” April 30, 2014 [link]
Les Arts Florissants with Paul Agnew and Simone Kermes: “A New Rameau for Specialists,” March 28, 2014 [link]
Bryce Dessner with Ensemble LPR and André de Ridder: “Another Light Shines Through,” Feb. 28, 2014 [link]
Record reviews
Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIII; Corale; Huang Ruo: Four Fragments; Violin Concerto No. 1 (‘Omnipresence’), David Bowlin, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble/Timothy Weiss (Oberlin Music), May 8, 2014 [link]
Henri Dutilleux: Symphony No. 1; Tout un monde lointain; The Shadows of Time;
Xavier Phillips, Seattle Symphony/Ludovic Morlot (Seattle Symphony), May 8, 2014 [link]
Rand Steiger: A Menacing Plume; Rand Steiger, Olivier Pasquet, Miller Puckette, Talea Ensemble/James Baker (New World), April 23, 2014 [link]
Catherine Christer Hennix: Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage/Live at the Grimm Museum, Volume One (Important), April 23, 2014 [link]
Dai Fujikura: ice; Daniel Lippel, International Contemporary Ensemble/Jayce Ogren and Matthew Ward (Kairos), April 23, 2014 [link]
Kate Soper: Voices from the Killing Jar; Kate Soper, Wet Ink Ensemble (Carrier), April 23, 2014 [link]
Jeffrey Mumford: Through a stillness brightening; Miranda Cuckson, Wendy Richman, Julia Bruskin, Winston Choi, Argento Chamber Ensemble/Michel Galante, and others
(Albany), April 9, 2014 [link]
Various artists: Elliott Carter 103rd Birthday Concert; Fred Sherry, Rolf Schulte, Charles Neidich, Virgil Blackwell, Bridget Kibbey, Nicholas Phan, and others (NMC), April 2, 2014 [link]
Gil Shaham: 1930s Violin Concertos; various orchestras, conducted by David Robertson and Juanjo Mena (Canary Classics), April 2, 2014 [link]
David T. Little: Haunt of Last Nightfall; Third Coast Percussion (New Amsterdam), March 19, 2014 [link]
Morton Feldman: For Philip Guston; John Tilbury, Carla Rees, Simon Allen (Atopos), March 12, 2014 [link]
Harrison Birtwistle: The Moth Requiem, Roderick Williams, BBC Singers, Nash Ensemble/Nicholas Kok (Signum), March 12, 2014 [link]
Daniel Wohl: Corps Exquis (New Amsterdam), June 21, 2013 [gift link]
Various artists: “Just Don’t Call It Minimalism” (Minimalism roundup), Aug. 10, 2007 [link]
Ethel: Light (Canteloupe Music) and John King: AllSteel (Tzadik), Feb. 11, 2007 [gift link]
Hélène Grimaud: Credo (Deutsche Grammophon), March
Obituaries
“Jay Clayton, Vocal Innovator in Jazz and Beyond, Is Dead at 82,” Jan. 12, 2024 [gift link]
“Scott Johnson, Playfully Inventive Composer, Is Dead at 70,” March 26, 2023 [gift link]
“Richard H. Kirk, Post-Punk Pioneer of Industrial Music, Dies at 65,” Oct. 2, 2021 [link]
“‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny, Whose Music Melded Genres, Dies at 75,” Dec. 23, 2020 [link]
“Harold Budd, Composer of Spaciousness and Calm, Dies at 84,” Dec. 17, 2020 [link]
“Noah Creshevsky, Composer of ‘Hyperreal’ Music, Dies at 75,” Dec. 12, 2020 [link]
“Jon Gibson, Minimalist Saxophonist and Composer, Dies at 80,” Oct. 19. 2020 [link]
“Mady Mesplé, French Soprano With a Silvery Voice, Dies at 89,” June 18, 2020 [link]
“Gabriel Bacquier, 95, Dies; Set Standard for French Baritones,” May 27, 2020 [link]
“Richard Teitelbaum, Electronic Composer and Improviser, Dies at 80,” April 20, 2020 [gift link]
“Mike Longo, Jazz Pianist, Composer and Educator, Dies at 83,” March 28, 2020 [link]
“Bill Smith, Master of Two Musical Worlds, Is Dead at 93,” March 21, 2020 [link]
“Ruth Anderson, Pioneering Electronic Composer, Dies at 91,” Dec. 18, 2019 [gift link]
“Matt Marks, Cutting-Edge Composer and Musician, Dies at 38,” May 15, 2018 [gift link]
“Karel Husa, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer, Dies at 95,” Jan. 4, 2017 [link]
“Pauline Oliveros, Composer Who Championed ‘Deep Listening,’ Dies at 84,” Nov. 27, 2016 [gift link]
“Ronald Shannon Jackson, Composer and Avant-Garde Drummer, Dies at 73,” Oct. 22, 2013 [gift link]
“Clare Fischer, Arranger and Keyboardist, Is Dead at 83,” Feb. 2, 2012 [link]
“Billy Bang, Jazz Violinist Inspired by Vietnam Experience, Dies at 63,” Apr. 13, 2011 [link]
“Joe Morello, Drummer with Dave Brubeck Quartet, Dies at 82,” March 13, 2011 [link]
The New Yorker
Goings on About Town event listings:
Melaine Dalibert, Areté Venue & Gallery, Feb. 7, 2020 [link]
Composer Portrait: Anthony Braxton, Miller Theatre, Sept. 20, 2019 [link]
Time Out New York
Features:
2003: The Top 10 Albums, Jan. 1–8, 2004 [link coming]
Album reviews:
Elliott Sharp, The Velocity of Hue, Jan. 1–8, 2004 [link coming]
Concert previews:
Coming soon…
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