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“Angel Island” by Huang Ruo at the Prototype Festival

January 14, 2024 Gail Wein

The special sauce that has made Prototype, the annual opera/theater festival, a success for over a decade is a straightforward formula: socially relevant, edgy vocal works that are high on…

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NY Philharmonic: Unpacking the fall season for new music lovers

September 28, 2023 Gail Wein

When you see New York Philharmonic’s glossy brochures and online ads, you might be hard pressed to spot the new music offerings that are in nearly every program. For instance,…

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TIME:SPANS Hits Calder and other hard surfaces August 12-26, 2023 at Dimenna Center

August 11, 2023 Gail Wein

I don’t know when else you’d have a chance to see expert musicians interact with a sculpture by one of the most iconic American artists of the 20th century. This…

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An Ayre Apparent: Emerson String Quartet / Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

May 9, 2023 Gail Wein

Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Drink the Wild Ayre for String Quartet is the last work commissioned by the venerable Emerson String Quartet. The group – who plans to disband after 47…

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Long Play Festival 2023

May 2, 2023 Gail Wein

In a culture in which we are constantly reinventing ourselves, any event can be the first annual anything. And so it is with Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival,…

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Turangalila at New York Philharmonic / Nightcap with Gamelan Dharma Swara

March 19, 2023 Gail Wein

Just before the NY Philharmonic concert began playing Turangalila by Olivier Messiaen at David Geffen Hall on Saturday, the stranger sitting next to me asked if I thought he would…

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Buffalo Philharmonic honors Lukas Foss @ 100 at Carnegie

October 5, 2022 Gail Wein

Buffalo Philharmonic and its music director JoAnn Falletta brought their considerable world class talent downstate to Carnegie Hall on Monday. The hall was full, despite persistent rain and the fact…

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Carnegie Hall: Highlights of contemporary music in the 2022-2023 season

September 22, 2022 Gail Wein

Ironically, the first concert of flutist Claire Chase’s reign as Richard and Barbara Debs Creative Chair at Carnegie Hall in the 2022-23 season focuses on a dead composer. In honor…

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TIME:SPANS 2022 – Interview with Thomas Fichter

August 8, 2022 Gail Wein

In the doldrums of summer, it seems like 80 percent of the population in New York City is away, presumably biding their time in cooler and/or more restful locales. That…

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The Parker Quartet premieres Jeremy Gill’s “Motherwhere”

May 12, 2022 Adam Sherkin

April the First proved a propitious date for the New York Classical Players’ much anticipated program featuring a new collaboration – and premiere – with the Parker Quartet. In the…