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Kronos Quartet - Photograph by Michael Wilson

Kronos Quartet’s Early Music at the Barbican, London

The Kronos Quartet completed their week-long residence with the Barbican Centre in London with a typ...
Author
Paul Kilbey

James Noyes’ Imaginings at Our Saviour’s Atonement

James Noyes James N...
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Evan Burke
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A folk-inspired evening with Bridget Kibbey at Le Poisson Rouge

"Who's ever been to a harp recital?" A couple of hands were shyly raised. "And who's ever been to a...
Author
Thomas Deneuville

Posing Questions: Wolfgang Rihm at 60

2012 sees the 60th birthday of the prolific composer Wolfgang Rihm and the London Sinfonietta curate...
Author
Steven Berryman
Sharla Nafziger (soprano), and Michael Slattery (tenor)

Focus on Schoenberg at the Austrian Cultural Forum

On January19th, the Austrian Cultural Forum presented the first concert in a new lieder series led b...
Author
Lauren Ishida

An earthly abode for ethereal sounds: Claire Chase’s “Terrestre” release party

On January 17th, Claire Chase celebrated the arrival of her new CD, Terrestre (earthly in French, Ed...
Author
Neil Prufer
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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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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...
Author
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
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