Music of Ben Johnston in Pasadena
On Friday, March 15, 2019 the Lyris Quartet and the Kepler Viol Quartet joined forces at the Boston Court Performing Arts Center for an evening of the music of Ben…
Piano Drop at Seattle’s Jack Straw
Destruction and reclamation, gimmick and avant-garde One of the odder fads bequeathed to us by the 1960s is the ritual destruction of musical instruments. It’s a custom most famously associated…
Blue Heron in New York (Concert Review)
Blue Heron: The Lost Music of Canterbury Music Before 1800 Corpus Christi Church February 10, 2019 Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK – On February 10th, the Boston-based early…
Southland Ensemble in Chinatown
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 the Southland Ensemble presented New Experimental Works at Automata in downtown Los Angeles. This concert was the result of Southland’s inaugural Call for Scores issued…
Fred Hersch Trio Live at the Village Vanguard (concert review)
Fred Hersch Trio Village Vanguard January 5, 2019 Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK – Beginning the new year with a six-night long residency at the Village Vanguard,…
WasteLAnd Concert at Art Share in Los Angeles
The latest wasteLAnd concert at Art Share in downtown Los Angeles was Friday, December 14, 2018 and drew a good sized crowd for five works featuring percussion and voice. Soprano…
Scott Worthington, Hex Vocal Ensemble at Monk Space
The December Tuesdays@Monk Space concert was titled Grinding Sounds, Repeating Patterns and Sonorous Incantations and was curated to take advantage of the friendly acoustics of Monk Space for just such…
Simone Dinnerstein in Recital at Miller Theatre
Simone Dinnerstein in Recital Miller Theatre – Columbia University December 8, 2018 Published on Sequenza21.com By Christian Carey NEW YORK – On Saturday, December 8th, pianist Simone Dinnerstein…
György Kurtág’s “Samuel Beckett: Fin de partie” at La Scala
[Ed. note: Former S21 contributor, member, and friend David Salvage has in the last couple years pulled up his U.S. tent pegs and landed in Italy. He’s offered up his review…
Tallis Scholars Premiere Nico Muhly in Midtown
Tallis Scholars: A Renaissance Christmas Miller Theatre Early Music Series Church of St. Mary the Virgin December 1, 2018 Published on Sequenza 21 By Christian Carey NEW YORK –…