String quintets and sextets by Beethoven, Dvorak and Schulhoff launched the CMS's 2022 concert schedule.
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Music Interview: Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian
The Lovin’ Spoonful cofounder, who composed some of the greatest hit singles of the 1960s, talks about his childhood, his songwriting, the Woodstock festival, his new album, and more.
Read More »Concert Review: Shanghai Quartet Plays Beethoven for the Youth Music Culture Guangdong Festival in China
The renowned foursome presented a Beethoven concert in connection with the 2022 YMCG.
Read More »Concert Review: Emerson String Quartet, Renée Fleming, Simone Dinnerstein, Uma Thurman – ‘Penelope’ by André Previn, Tom Stoppard at Carnegie Hall (NYC, 23 January 2022)
A starry concert event showcased Previn's last composition along with Greig, Fauré and Philip Glass plus new music by Kevin Puts.
Read More »Concert Review: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Youth Orchestra – Opening Concert, Youth Music Culture Guangdong Festival, China
A concert of programmatic music by Holst, Saint-Saëns and Respighi opened this year's festival in style, back live (and online) after an all-online 2021.
Read More »Music Reviews: David Bowie’s ‘Brilliant Adventure’ Plus Elvis Costello’s ‘The Boy Named If’
The fifth in a series of box sets covers David Bowie's work from 1992 through 2001 and includes a previously unreleased album called 'Toy.' Also reviewed: Elvis Costello's 'The Boy Named If.'
Read More »Yo-Yo Ma, Shanghai Quartet, Maestros Long Yu and Michael Stern to Participate in ‘Youth Music Culture Guangdong’ Festival Promoting Cross-Cultural Connections (Guangdong, China)
YMCG is one of the year's premiere opportunities to strengthen cultural ties around the world in a time of restricted travel.
Read More »Music Review: Eric Nathan – ‘Missing Words’ (Based on Ben Schott’s ‘Schottenfreude’) with Neave Trio, International Contemporary Ensemble
A two-CD trip through the inventive mind of a composer who's part translator of the human condition, part trickster.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons’ by Jeremy Denk
The pianist's revealing memoir takes us behind the scenes into the developing mind of a music student as he becomes a mature virtuoso.
Read More »Music Reviews: Alan Freed’s Radio Shows, Eliza Gilkyson, Mickey & Sylvia, and Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky
A taste of Freed's historic rock radio broadcasts, Gilkyson's best album, an anthology from Mickey & Sylvia, and acoustic blues from Dermody & Fotusky.
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