Though lacking pacing and structure, this solo piece about wishing you'd told a departed loved one something important touched some audience members.
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Music Review: Orpheus 21 – ‘Oriente Lux (Dialogue of Souls)’ with Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI
A concert recording of music from countries far and wide, from Syria to Afghanistan, Israel to Greece, Morocco to Iraq, pays tribute to the victims of the war in Syria.
Read More »Music Review: ‘The Layers’ – New Music by Herschel Garfein Inspired by Jane Kenyon, Stanley Kunitz, KC Trommer
Poetry by Stanley Kunitz, Jane Kenyon, KC Trommer inspires composer Herschel Garfein on new album 'The Layers'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘In Corpo,’ A New Musical by Ben Beckley and Nate Weida
Inspired by Kafka and Melville, the smart, soulful, and original 'In Corpo' is the kind of musical that reassures us there's plenty of creative life left in musical theater.
Read More »Concert Event Review (Brooklyn): ‘Secret Byrd’ – Music of William Byrd at Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs
A unique performance event that places us at a clandestine Catholic Mass in Elizabethan times, with music by William Byrd.
Read More »Concert Review: Jeremy Denk, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Open OSL Bach Festival with Bach Keyboard Concertos
A concert that gave me a renewed appreciation for Bach's ability to rework music brilliantly for very different contexts
Read More »Opera Review: ‘American One Acts’ – ‘Highway 1, USA’ by William Grant Still, ‘Down in the Valley’ by Kurt Weill
One by an African American composer, the other by a Jewish immigrant, these two one-act operas can both be seen as quintessentially American.
Read More »Concert Review: Violinist Deborah Buck, pianist Orli Shaham at Bargemusic (May 26 2023)
A web of biographical and stylistic interconnections linked music by contemporary composers Jessie Montgomery and Avner Dorman with works by Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
Read More »Music Review: ‘Sirventès’ from the Iranian Female Composers Association
This collection of music by six contemporary female composers from Iran is an eloquent document of the driving creative spirit these composers in a time of reckoning and exile.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Ian Rosenbaum of Sandbox Percussion on ‘Seven Pillars’ and Developing the Next Generation of Artists
The GRAMMY®-nominated percussion quartet focuses on education, with residencies at two academies, seminars, and a Creator Mentorship Program.
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