Thursday , June 11 2026

Religious

Music Review: Benedict Sheehan — ‘Ukrainian War Requiem’ with Axios Men’s Ensemble and Pro Coro Canada

Benedict Sheehan 'Ukrainian War Requiem' cover art detail

The most striking thing about this death-themed service is the music's continuous excitation of life...the nervous electricity inherent in the fusion of art and the human voice.

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Interview: Composer Yair Klartag on His Azrieli Prize Commission ‘The Parable of the Palace’

Yair Klartag (photo by Anne-Laure Lechat)

Klartag's new work for choir and four double basses, the winner of the Azrieli Foundation's Commission for Jewish Music for 2024, investigates the limits of logic and reason in explaining reality and the metaphysical.

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Concert Review: Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft with Pianist JuYoung Park at Carnegie Hall (June 12, 2024)

Virgil Boutellis-Taft by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

A bravura concert showed that the music on Virgil Boutellis-Taft's album 'Incantation' retains its power when stripped down to violin and piano.

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Music Reviews: Chip Taylor’s ‘Behind the Sky,’ plus Jazz Giants Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, and More

Chip Taylor

Reviews of the effusive latest Chip Taylor CD, plus jazz greats Chet Baker, Sun Ra, and Art Tatum, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Crow and Gazelle.

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