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Concert Review: Illenium – The Ascend Tour
If you're lucky enough to live near a venue where Illenium is bringing this tour (with William Black and Dabin), do yourself a favor you'll remember for a lifetime, and get a ticket.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Ching-Yun Hu, Presented by GetClassical in School (NYC, 19 Nov 2019)
Pianist Ching-Yun Hu performed a kick-off concert for GetClassical in School, a new program that classical music concert artists into NYC schools.
Read More »Music/Film Reviews: Tim Buckley – ‘Live at the Electric Theatre Co.’ Plus Chuck Berry, Elliott Murphy, Gene Clark
An exceptional Tim Buckley concert surfaces and a Chuck Berry film comes to Blu-ray. Plus material from Elliott Murphy’s archives and a Gene Clark cult favorite.
Read More »Music Review: Partch – ‘Harry Partch: Sonata Dementia’
With his invented instruments and appetite for recasting 20th-century American cultural touchstones, Harry Partch created works that still surprise us, as the new album from the ensemble Partch reminds us.
Read More »Music Review: Aaron McMullan – ‘Angus After All’
'Angus After All' may not be the second release everyone was expecting from Aaron McMullan, but it is a brilliant piece of art.
Read More »Music Reviews: Kansas City Symphony, ‘Holst: The Planets’ and Richmond Symphony, ‘Children of Adam’ and ‘Dona Nobis Pacem’ Inspired by Walt Whitman
Reference Recordings releases fine new renditions of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets,' Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'Dona Nobis Pacem, and Mason Bates' 'Children of Adam'.
Read More »Theater Review (Washington, DC): ‘Amadeus’ at Folger Theatre
Director Richard Clifford brings a riveting interpretation of Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus' to the Folger's 2019-2020 season.
Read More »Music Reviews: Bruce Springsteen – ‘Western Stars’ (Songs from the Film), Plus Rampart Records, the Revelers, New Riders of the Purple Sage
Bruce Springsteen releases live versions of the songs on his recent ‘Western Stars’ CD. Also: an anthology collects singles from the defunct Rampart Records label; Cajun music from the Revelers; and a 1972 concert from New Riders of the Purple Sage.
Read More »From a Curator’s Wish List to an Institution’s Evolving Interests: John Glover and Kaufman Music Center’s New Vision for the 21st Century Musician
'From my first day, what jumps out at me, when going floor to floor, is the amazing range of music-making happening on a daily basis.'
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