Timeworn tropes of hauntings and show business come to life with just the right balance of silliness and earnestness in this old-school new musical.
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Concert Review: American Classical Orchestra – ‘Magnificently Mozart’
A period-instrument concert revealed Mozart and Beethoven as they were heard in their own time, including a concerto played on the fortepiano.
Read More »Music Review: Exceptet – ‘Tree Lines’
Exceptet's debut album explores the sonic possibilities of a lineup inspired by Stravinsky, with music by Katherine Balch, Paul Kerekes and Sarah Goldfeather.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘We Do the Same Thing Every Week’ by Robert Leverett
Robert Leverett twists Dr. Seuss' 'The Cat in the Hat' and the old Dick and Jane reading primers into a thoughtful and entertaining play.
Read More »Concert Opera Review: The English Concert, Handel’s ‘Giulio Cesare in Egitto’
The contemporary resurgence of the countertenor was on full display in a glorious concert staging of Handel's greatest opera.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Beethoven and Bluegrass’ with Mark O’Connor, Maggie O’Connor, Vega Quartet
Mark O'Connor's compositions made the juxtaposition of styles and centuries work smoothly, and created a joyful concert experience.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Perfect Happiness: Piano Music of Nils Vigeland’ with Pianist Jing Yang
In all these works, played magnificently by Jing Yang, Vigeland makes conscious and effective use of the piano's acoustical properties to create sound worlds that couldn't exist in the same way if played by orchestral instruments.
Read More »Music Review: Zack Clarke and Chris Irvine – ‘Stereotaxi,’ Improvisations for Piano and Cello
When is an improvisation more than an improvisation? When a spontaneous collaboration gels into something that's more the sum of its parts.
Read More »Concert Review: Principal Brothers – James Lee III
A classical-music supergroup? That's the Principal Brothers: four Black principal (first-chair) woodwind players, who joined forces for a chamber concert with music from Bach to new works written for them.
Read More »Concert Review: Rudersdal Chamber Players in NYC Debut
Victoria Bond's Cutting Edge Concerts series presented the Danish ensemble with music of Elena Firsova, Andrew Waggoner, Danish composer Poul Ruders, and Bond herself.
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