A mixed bag from Out of the Box Theatre features some excellent performances, but some of the miniatures fall flat.
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Concert Review (NYC): ‘Mass for the Endangered’ by Sarah Kirkland Snider at the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn (14 June 2022)
Death of Classical began its new season of concerts in the Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs with a spectacular piece for chorus and small orchestra.
Read More »Music Reviews: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet – ‘Opalescent’ and Frederic Hand – ‘Across Time’
Two new albums highlight broad creativity and great virtuosity in the realm of the classical guitar.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra’s New York Debut at Carnegie Hall with Maxim Vengerov (7 June 2022)
The Oxford Philharmonic played Brahms, Bruch, and Pablo de Sarasate at their Carnegie Hall debut.
Read More »Music Review: Amit Peled Plays Bach Cello Suites on ‘Solus et Una’
The cellist emerges from pandemic lockdown with a beautiful album of Bach and Brahms.
Read More »Music Review: The Saint Tikhon Choir – ‘Benedict Sheehan: Vespers’
A new choral setting of the Orthodox Church Vespers is one of the most gorgeous albums of the past year.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Misanthrope’ from Molière in the Park
A crack cast brings fresh life to the 17th-century classic, outdoors and in-the-round in Prospect Park.
Read More »Opera Review (NYC): ‘Kings, Giants & Robots’ – Works by Victoria Bond, Herschel Garfein, Robert Paterson (13 May 2022)
A puppet Gulliver, a powerful poem by Stanley Kunitz, and an android tenor add up to a grand evening of opera and solo voice.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Oratorio Society of New York – Felix Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’ (9 May 2022)
At almost age 150, the OSNY makes another splendid return to one of the great classics of the oratorio genre.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘iNegro, a Rhapsody’ Written and Performed by Kareem M. Lucas
This audacious solo show asks big, fiery questions about race, family, and the meaning of an individual's life and agency in the world.
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