The soloists shone both separately and in concert, as if distilling the work of the huge chorus behind them. I didn't want the penultimate piece, "O Sleep," sung by the chorus and then the soloists in counterpoint, to end.
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Concert Review: Pianist Gábor Farkas (NYC, 2/2/2017)
The Hungarian pianist's clean-cut appearance and sober air contrasted with the full-tilt Romantic force he brought to these difficult works.
Read More »Concert Review: ‘Piaf! The Show’ Starring Anne Carrere at Carnegie Hall (NYC, Jan. 6 2017)
Refreshingly, the show doesn't focus on the tragic side of Édith Piaf's biography. It's nice to be reminded that her career was a deserved triumph, that sometimes popular audiences recognize greatness while the great one is alive to appreciate it.
Read More »Concert Review: SnowGlobe Music Festival 2016 (South Lake Tahoe, CA, 12/29-12/30)
Flume, The Chainsmokers, and Big Gigantic were among the featured artists at the electronic music festival SnowGlobe in South Lake Tahoe.
Read More »Concert Review: A Tribe Called Red – Kingston, Ontario (12/14/16)
A Tribe Called Red put on an amazing show incorporating First Nations drumming. If you get a chance, seem them, for an experience you'll never forget.
Read More »Concert Review: The Tallis Scholars – ‘A Renaissance Christmas’ (NYC, 12/10/2016)
One of the world's greatest early music ensembles graced the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square with Christmas-themed music by Palestrina, Taverner, and other great composers of the Renaissance.
Read More »Concert Review: Capital Cities, Milky Chance, and More Rocked Radio 94.7 Electric Christmas 2016 (Sacramento, CA 12/8/16)
Capital Cities headlined Radio 94.7's 4th annual Electric Christmas concert event at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA on December 8.
Read More »Concert Review: Pauline Oliveros – ‘The Sound of Meditation’ (NYC, Nov 10 2016)
The journey seemed to wind across oceans, through jungles – and into caves, perhaps akin to the cistern recordings that gave birth to the composer's concept of "deep listening" back in the 1980s.
Read More »Concert Review: Lido’s ‘Everything’ Tour (San Francisco, 11/02/16)
Norwegian producer and songwriter Lido (known for his work with Chance the Rapper, Halsey, ASAP Ferg) leaves the crowd in San Francisco absolutely breathless after the first night of the must see 'Everything' Tour, taking place in unique and beautiful spaces across the U.S.
Read More »Concert Review: PUBLIQuartet – ‘The New Baroque’ at the Met Cloisters (NYC, 11/5/2016)
The members of this adventurous quartet proved themselves masters of tonal variation, broad technique, and compositional creativity in a fascinating program that transformed and adapted Bach and Haydn and presented modern works that nod to the Baroque.
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