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Flirting with extremes, ensemblebash at Kings Place

The percussion quartet ensemblebash celebrate their twenty years of musical success with a series of...
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Steven Berryman
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Apocalyptic Klezmer and “The End of Time” – David Krakauer at Joe’s Pub

More than seventy years since its composition, Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time" swells with...
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Evan Burke
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In the fertile shadow of Schoenberg

Somewhere in the world of contemporary music, in among all the solo bassoon CDs and Tom Waits arrang...
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Paul Kilbey
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“Miranda”, Kamala Sankaram’s steampunk murder-mystery chamber opera at HERE

First, before we go any further, let's review the basics of Kamala Sankaram's Miranda: it is a "stea...
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Evan Burke
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Huang Ruo’s Inventive Synergies

Huang Ruo assembled an exceptional group of young musicians for performances of three of his new com...
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David Pearson
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Benoît Delbecq, and Jiri Slavik/Fred Thomas Duo at Kings Place

I'm a regular visitor to Hall Two at Kings Place, London, and it was lovely to see how well lighting...
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Steven Berryman
John Zorn

Wasabi-Eating Contest: John Zorn Composer Portrait @ Miller Theater

Last month, Miller Theater presented a concert of John Zorn's music as part of its Composer Portrait...
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Jeremy Howard Beck
Eddie Prévost - Photo by Vanita & Joe Monk www.monastery.nl

Free improvisation/Book launch – Eddie Prévost at Café Oto, Dalston

The free improvisation group AMM have, remarkably, been active since 1965, and founder-member Eddie...
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Paul Kilbey

Christmas with North Sea Radio Orchestra @ St. Olave’s, London

It made a welcome change to a conventional Christmas concert to go and hear in the North Sea Radio O...
Author
Steven Berryman
yMusic - Photo by Ilya Nikhamin

We Go Together Like Ramma Lamma Lamma Ka Dinga Da Dinga Dong: yMusic’s “Beautiful Mechanical”

yMusic and New Amsterdam Records put on a release party earlier this month for their debut album, Be...
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Jeremy Howard Beck
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Mercy and Grand: The Tom Waits Project at Spitalfields Winter Festival, London

Mercy and Grand is a collaborative project commissioned by the UK group Opera North, in which a grou...
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Paul Kilbey
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Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès at Carnegie Hall: Dusting off Romanticism

What happens when a brilliant Lied performer is accompanied by a foremost composer? Well, something...
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Thomas Deneuville
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50 Years of Minimalism: Rock ‘n’ Rollers @ Kings Place, London

I felt fortunate to attend the final concert that formed part of a short series at Kings Place, Lond...
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Steven Berryman
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Choral Chameleon’s Tempus, a fun journey through “Time”

Last Sunday evening, the innovative Manhattan-based choir Choral Chameleon presented an eclectic pro...
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Lauren Ishida
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra - Photo by Larry Fink

Gabriel Kahane and Orpheus Symphony Orchestra at Galapagos

On Sunday, November 20th, at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, singer/songwriter/composer/pianist/gui...
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Matt Weber
Gregory Spears direction his Requiem

New Amsterdam Records does splits at Galapagos

It was a big night yesterday for New Amsterdam Records. The New York based label was having a double...
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Thomas Deneuville
Matthew Bourne - Photo by Briony Campbell

Written/Unwritten: London Sinfonietta @ Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London

I'm always keen to hear concerts that attempt to fuse genres and London Sinfonietta's Written/Unwrit...
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Steven Berryman
Fred Ho - Photo by Rainer Fehringer

Channeling Optimism in Fred Ho’s “The Sweet Science Suite”

Fred Ho’s new work, The Sweet Science Suite: A Scientific Soul Honoring of Muhammad Ali seemed to ch...
Author
David Pearson
Darcy James Argue conducting Brooklyn Babylon at BAM - Photo credits James Matthew Daniel

Something for the Imagination: The Theatre, Music, and Art of Brooklyn Babylon

The best music is often that which makes the perfect soundtrack for its time, sounding completely “i...
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David Pearson
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From the Margins: Nouveau Classical Project @ Galapagos Art Space

Two weeks ago, the Nouveau Classical Project presented an ambitious production at Galapagos Art Spac...
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Jeremy Howard Beck
Ensemble Signal and Brad Lubman

Le Poisson Rouge pays tribute to a Polish icon

I finally made it to Le Poisson Rouge, which I have heard so much about, to hear this tribute concer...
Author
Rob Wendt
Bang on a Can All Stars

Blazing New Paths: Bang on a Can 25th Anniversary Concert

It is no exaggeration to say that something of a crisis has existed in classical music for several d...
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David Pearson
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Nicholas Maw: The Master @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

The British composer Nicholas Maw (1935 - 2009) received mixed reception during his life; dubbed a '...
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Steven Berryman
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Isotone: A Collision of Music and Physics at Symphony Space

“Isotone: A Collision of Music and Physics” (Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia, October 24th) cer...
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Matt Weber
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