Good stuff over the next few days: Tonight at the DiMenna Center you can hear Ghost Ensemble, which is made up of smart, cool, and curious musicians and composers like Sky Macklay and Ben Richter, with something of a release show for their upcoming album We Who Walk Again—they’ll be playing music off that album. … Continue reading Things to Do
Concerts
September of His Years
80 is going to be a very good year for Steve Reich
Critic's Choice
Bora Yoon's Sunken Cathedral is my Critic's Choice this week at the New York Classical Review. The word on tickets is that there are very few left, so if you're interested, order them now. //ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=ss_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=thbicibl-20&marketplace=amazon®ion=US&placement=B00J7VZC7O&asins=B00J7VZC7O&linkId=LSQJTB5I5V2YHZNS&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true For background, listen to our talk with her on the Dec-Jan Rail Tracks Podcast. And pick up her CD, one … Continue reading Critic's Choice
How Composers Learn, Part 2
(For the season, and my Winter Fundraiser, I'm reposting some old favorites.) They read, and they write, and not music. They read books about all sorts of things other than music. They gather material, experience, knowledge, ideas. They react to these things. And they write. Composers are, generally, excellent prose writers. This isn't a surprise … Continue reading How Composers Learn, Part 2
The Janus-Faced Week
The year turns within the week, and at the New York Classical Review, Eric Simpson and I look back on the year it was in live music, and I look ahead with the January calendar. I'll be covering the Hear and Now Festival, the Prototype Festival, Ekmeles, and concerts from the New York Philharmonic and … Continue reading The Janus-Faced Week
J.S. Bach Christmas Oratorio
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December Early Listings
The Brooklyn Rail has a double issue for December and January, and will be out later in the month (the staff, guest editor and I are scrambling to finish up a deep joint inteview with Henry Threadgill and Jason Moran), so our listings will be delayed until then. But for early December, highly selective and recommended … Continue reading December Early Listings
Dancing About Architecture
Because us writers rarely get to re-use others’ best lines ... I recommend you check out an event next Tuesday, November 25, produced by the Center for Architecture/The Institute for Performance Sculpture, Inc: “Eploring the Hidden Music” has music from the first ever collaboration of composer (and architect) Christopher Janney and bassist/producer Bill Laswell. Janney makes interactive … Continue reading Dancing About Architecture
