Rocker Jesse Malin's touching and joyful autobiographical musical brings to life the legendary NYC music scene of the '70s and '80s even as it revolves around the spinal stroke that rendered him paraplegic in 2023.
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Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra – ‘Healing Bach’
The vast and beautiful Church of St. Vincent Ferrer on Manhattan's East Side was an apt setting for Bach's cantatas.
Read More »Music Review: Michael Hersch – ‘Medea,’ a One-Act Opera, Libretto by Stephanie Fleischmann
Even for an experimental-music aficionado, these works can be challenging to absorb. But it's worth exposing oneself to art that tears away boundaries and expectations
Read More »Music Review: Sarah Kirkland Snider – ‘Forward into Light’
The new album featuring the Metropolis Ensemble led by Andrew Cyr reveals Snider as, among other things, a master orchestral colorist.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Twelve Minor Prophets’
Snappy direction of a high-quality production, top-flight performances, and an original concept make this flawed new work worth checking out.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Beneath the Ice of the Vistula’ – Worlds Collide in Warsaw as the Nazi Invasion Looms
An assimilated Jewish composer bonds with his peasant-class Polish housekeeper in wartime Warsaw – but will it mean escape, or existential collapse?
Read More »Concert Review: The Marian Consort – ‘City of Echoes: Rome in the 16th Century’
We may not know what the real-life mother of Jesus of Nazareth was like, but she would surely have been amazed by the honors bestowed upon her through music like this.
Read More »Valentine’s Violin: Exclusive Interview with Violinist Esther Yoo on Her Album ‘Love Symposium’
Each selection represents a different type of love. But the violinist had deeply personal criteria for what music she wanted to include.
Read More »Concert Review: Composer Portraits Presents Andrew McIntosh, with Yarn/Wire
The often meditative music included the world premiere of a substantial new work for two pianos, two percussionists, and viola.
Read More »Opera Review: ‘Manon!’ – From Heartbeat Opera, Massenet’s Tragic Courtesan
This isn't your great-great-grandparents' Massenet. But I'll bet they would have liked it, and I'll bet even opera purists and snobs will appreciate what Heartbeat and Co. have done here.
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