Best of 2021: ECM Recordings
Parker Quartet; Kim Kashkashian, viola György Kurtág: Six moments musicaux; Officium breve Antonin Dvořák: String Quintet op. 97 ECM Records…
The Orchestra Now at Carnegie Hall: Scott Wheeler, Julia Perry and George Frederick Bristow
Big name soloists, a symphonic work plucked from obscurity and a premiere. It’s an oft-used – and winning – programming…
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Live, in person and new: Contemporary music festivals in the Northeast in Summer 2021
LOUD Weekend, TIME:SPANS, Tanglewood and Bard are all back on stage this summer with in-person audiences Fans starved for live…
Orchestra of St. Luke’s Robert DeGaetano Composition Institute
In these days of swiping right and hooking up, having a long-term commitment is something special. So when the Orchestra…
Caroline Shaw – Orange (CD Review)
Caroline Shaw – Orange Attaca Quartet Nonesuch/New Amsterdam CD Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 2013, Caroline Shaw has been…
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Boulez and Berio highlight Morlot’s farewell [untitled] concert at Seattle Symphony
Seattle Symphony’s [untitled] series was inaugurated in 2012 by its newly arrived Music Director, Ludovic Morlot. Three Fridays a year,…
Beth Gibbons Astonishes in a New Górecki’s Third
After a decade-long studio hiatus, Beth Gibbons steps from behind the curtains with a project that feels as organic as…
Abrahamsen’s Schnee at Seattle Symphony’s [untitled]
[untitled] is the moniker given by Seattle Symphony to its thrice-annual Friday night new music events. Staged in the lobby…
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Interview: Julia Adolphe
This week, The New York Philharmonic premieres their second commission by composer Julia Adolphe. The first, 2016’s Unearth, Release, was a warmly received viola…
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Couturier and Lechner at Greenwich Music House (Concert Review)
Francois Couturier and Anja Lechner Greenwich Music House New York February 18, 2017 By Christian Carey Five Things to Like…