Concert Flirting with extremes, ensemblebash at Kings Place The percussion quartet ensemblebash celebrate their twenty years of musical success with a series of three concerts at Kings Place, London... 24 Jan 0
Concert 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 relevancy in the modern.. 23 Jan 0
Album Don’t Judge an Album by its Cover: Steve Reich’s WTC 9/11 Following a fair amount of controversy regarding scandalous album art, Steve Reich released a new album this past September featuring.. 20 Jan 0
Concert In the fertile shadow of Schoenberg Somewhere in the world of contemporary music, in among all the solo bassoon CDs and Tom Waits arrangements, there is.. 19 Jan 0
Album Not just another Christmas CD: Etherea Vocal Ensemble’s Ceremony of Carols on Delos Music Holiday CDs come and go. Some fade out while others become lasting favorites. My prediction is that the 2011 Delos.. 19 Jan 0
Concert “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 “steampunk murder-mystery chamber.. 17 Jan 0
Concert Huang Ruo’s Inventive Synergies Huang Ruo assembled an exceptional group of young musicians for performances of three of his new compositions at Le Poisson.. 16 Jan 0
Album Impossible to ignore Every so often an album comes out with the right combination of substance and edge that you know represents something.. 12 Jan 0
Concert 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.. 11 Jan 0
Album Thomas Adès: In Seven Days (London Sinfonietta/Signum Records) A fascinating new release from Signum Classics, and the second with the London Sinfonietta, is In Seven Days by the British.. 10 Jan 0
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