There's a lot of pain and grief here, but it has inspired a suite of eclectic and eccentric chamber music that's almost operatic.
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Concert Review: Dover Quartet at Peoples’ Symphony Concerts – Schubert, Mendelssohn, Bacewicz
The Dover Quartet brought fervor and excitement to music both familiar and not-so-familiar, including a string quartet by the great 20th-century Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz.
Read More »The Great Dan Penn (and Why You’ve Probably Never Heard of Him)
If you've never heard of Dan Penn, one reason is probably that you’re not the sort of person who reads songwriting credits.
Read More »Taiwan Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble Marks Taiwanese American Heritage Week with ‘From Formosa’ U.S. Tour
Taiwanese masterworks, cross-cultural collaborations, and world premieres will celebrate Taiwan's cultural heritage and Indigenous communities as well as links between East and West.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Miriam K. Smith
Smith's warm and nimble rendition set the tone: yearning in the slow sections, fiery in the faster ones, and always restrained enough to let Beethoven's notes speak for themselves.
Read More »Music Review: Composer-Keyboardist Peter Kramer – ‘To a Green Thought in a Green Shade’ – Solos, duos & trios for winds, strings, piano & guitar
It's as if the violin can't stop swatting at mosquitos while the cello sings a sad, halting, unmoored kind of song.
Read More »When John Mellencamp Was Johnny Cougar, a Zappa/Beefheart Box, and More
A new two-CD set called "American Dream" takes us back to Mellencamp's Johnny Cougar days, when the singer was a household name mainly just in his own household.
Read More »Concert Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center – ‘Liszt and Bartók: A Night in Budapest’
The musicians achieved a lyrical ease, built to a satisfying romantic climax, and ratcheted up the tension...
Read More »Music Review: ‘Short Stories’ from Composer-Percussionist José Martínez
Evocative electroacoustic music from composer-percussionist José Martínez engages with the composer's Latin heritage, and with the absurd, while pushing creative boundaries.
Read More »Concert Review: Cellist Rainer Crosett, American Recital Debut Award Honoree
At his recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, Crosett showed ability and fire to spare, with plenty of charisma and good humor to boot.
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