Category Archives: Classical Music, Live
The section for music-related posts.
ATOS @ Weill
I’m just back from the best chamber music program I’ve heard so far this season.
Monday Morning Laugh: Saint Peter Meets a Musician
Via Gerald-Kocher-via-Richard-Schneider:
A doctor dies and just before the gates of heaven he meets the gatekeeper St. Peter. St Peter asks…
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Serkin @ Zankel / Levine Conducts Boulez @ Weill
You can find two of my recent reviews at Classical Source. Click here for my review of a terrific recital by pianist Peter Serkin, and here for Levine and members of the MET Orchestra playing Boulez and Mozart.
Arditti Quartet @ Zankel Hall
My review of last evening’s recital by the Arditti Quartet — sporting a last-minute substitute program quickly cobbled together due to the illness of a member of the Hilliard Ensemble — is online at ClassicalSource.com. What followed the concert, however, was a stunning episode of New York City at its worst at the Landmarc restaurant.
Arditti Quartet @ LPR
The Arditti Quartet performed two “sets” last night at Le Poisson Rouge, the Greenwich Village club that has become New York City’s hot go-to spot for new music in a casual cabaret atmosphere. The presentation was more formal than usual for the club, closer in atmosphere to an evening at Zankel Hall that a hip music venue.
The first “set” featured three works written for the Ardittis.
Muti / NYPhil @ Avery Fisher 11/19
Lisney @ Weill
My review of British pianist James Lisney’s impressive New York debut is live at ClassicalSource.com.
Järvi / NYPhil @ Avery Fisher
My review of last night’s New York Philharmonic concert (Maestro Neeme Järvi replacing Vladimir Jurowski) is live at ClassicalSource.com.
A Concert at Carnegie Hall Not Involving Mahler
I’m just back from hearing the amazing Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Picture an ensemble…