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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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Where’s the Music? A Guide (New York Edition)

September 4, 2023 Gail Wein

At a TIME:SPANS concert at DiMenna Center this summer, I sat next to a gentleman who asked me, “How do you find out about concerts like this one?” It used…

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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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Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023)

June 3, 2023 Christian Carey

Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) Sequenza 21 is saddened to learn of Kaija Saariaho’s passing at the age of 70. The cause was cancer. Despite the toll taken by the disease, she…

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Composer Hayes Biggs: Interview and Concert Preview

May 13, 2023 Gail Wein

On May 31, 2023, four long-time champions of contemporary chamber music – violinist Curtis Macomber, violist Lois Martin, cellist Chris Gross, and pianist Christopher Oldfather – perform Hayes Biggs’ works…

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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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Adam Tendler: Inheritances

March 12, 2023 Gail Wein

When the pianist Adam Tendler received a windfall of cash a few years ago, he chose not to blow it on such ephemeral items as rent and groceries. Instead, he…

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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…