These four works, each remarkable in its own way, spotlight the wide-ranging skills and creativity of recorder virtuoso Jeremias Schwarzer himself as well as the composers' challenging and distinctive visions.
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Concert Review: Curtis on Tour with Jason Vieaux – Music for Guitar and Strings
Two stellar Curtis students joined Vieaux and violist Roberto Díaz in music by de Falla, Piazzolla, Paganini and Zhou Tian.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Trojans,’ a New SynthWave Musical by Leegrid Stevens
This high-school-football retelling of 'The Iliad' is a voluminous, rainbow-hued spectacle of glory days and myth, staged and played with pomp and passion.
Read More »Concert Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Delivers NY Premiere of Klezmer Concerto by Noah Bendix-Balgley
Klezmer music inspired a dazzling three-movement work by Noah Bendix-Balgley, who takes the tradition to new ground. The program also included dances famously reimagined by Bartók and Brahms.
Read More »Concert Review: An All-Beethoven Program from Modus Operandi Orchestra, Pianist Alexandre Moutouzkine
Maestro Justin Bischof went with tried-and-true classics, and in their hands, bows, and embouchures Beethoven seemed to spring to life.
Read More »Concert Review: Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at St. John the Divine
Where better to experience a work as capacious and religious as the 'St. Matthew Passion' by J.S. Bach than in one of the world's most cavernous churches?
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Marin Alsop and the New York Philharmonic Premiere Nico Muhly Violin Concerto
Nico Muhly's new Violin Concerto struck a sweet balance between experimental and accessible in a performance featuring violinist Renaud Capuçon.
Read More »Music Review: Supertramp – ‘Live in Paris ’79’
This set will be a deep journey into nostalgia for Supertramp fans who were of impressionable age during the band's 1970s heyday.
Read More »Documentary Review: ‘Fanny: The Other Mendelssohn’ – Rescuing Fanny Mendelssohn and Her Music from Undeserved Obscurity
The life of Fanny Mendelssohn, Felix's older sister and an important composer in her own right, springs into color in a recent documentary.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘no no no please no god no, nevermind i’m fine’ – Sarina Freda’s Epic Bad Acid Trip
We move with Freda from fascination to terror as she eventually confronts that abyss of ego-death so well-known to those who've tried psychedelic drugs.
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