The Sixteen at St. Mary’s (Concert Review)
The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers The Deer’s Cry Miller Theatre Early Music Series at Church of St. Mary the Virgin Saturday, October 26, 2024 NEW YORK – This past…
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Momenta Festival IX: Ives at 150 and a Quartet at 20
On Thursday evening in New York, Momenta Quartet’s October festival – now nine years running – closed with an assorted program, enthusiastically curated by violist/composer Stephanie Griffin. Griffin is the…
Sphinx Virtuosi and New York Philharmonic Play Black American Composers
Black American composers dominated the programming at two of New York City’s major institutions last week — a 180° turn from the typical fare of Dead White Men at most…
Splinter Reeds – Dark Currents (Recording Review)
Splinter Reeds – Dark Currents (Cantaloupe) Splinter Reeds, the West Coast’s first wind quintet, has distinguished themselves as advocates for living composers. Dark Currents, their latest recording for Cantaloupe, features…
Tuesday, October 15th: Sacred and Profane, Sirota and Clement at Symphony Space
Tuesday, October 15th: Sacred and Profane, Sirota and Clement at Symphony Space Tomorrow, Robert Sirota and Sheree Clement, two New York based composers, combine forces to present Sacred and Profane,…
Louis Karchin A Retrospective at Merkin Hall (concert review)
Louis Karchin: A Retrospective Merkin Concert Hall September 22, 2024 NEW YORK – Composer Louis Karchin has been prolific, even during the pandemic years. In a program at Merkin Concert…
Wolfgang Muthspiel with Etudes/Quietudes – Solo Live Recording at ORF Radiokulturhaus Vienna Celebrates Craftsmanship and Creativity
With his new solo program, Etudes/Quietudes, Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel celebrates the acoustic guitar, the instrument he switched to at the age of 13. (He had been trained to play…
VALIS by Tod Machover Opera Review
VALIS by Tod Machover Opera Review By Dana Reason, Oregon State University & Paris Myers, MIT Media Lab The lights dim. Nothing. Then pink. Sophia, played by Kristin Young, a…
Untuxed, and Shostakovich, return to Seattle Symphony
Untuxed, a series of informal, intermission-less Friday-night concerts, returned to Seattle Symphony last night in the hands of its inaugurator, Ludovic Morlot, the Symphony’s former Music Director and current Conductor…
Brett Dean – Rooms of Elsinore (CD Review)
Brett Dean Rooms of Elsinore BIS CD Jennifer France, soprano; Lotte Betts-Dean, mezzo-soprano Volker Hemken, bass clarinet James Crabb, accordion Juho Pohjonen, piano Andrey Lebedev, classical guitar Swedish Chamber Orchestra…