The early music group illuminated the consonances between jazz and baroque music and had a good deal of fun doing it.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Random Acts’ Written and Performed by Renata Hinrichs
Atticus Finch is on Broadway, but 'Random Acts,' Renata Hinrichs' penetrating and much more intimate evocation of our racist history, is just six blocks downtown.
Read More »Concert Review: Pianist Nicolas Namoradze (NYC, 10 Feb 2019)
The newest Honens International Piano Competition winner demonstrated in his Carnegie Hall debut his deep interest in musical resonances over the centuries.
Read More »Concert Review: Juilliard String Quartet with Pianist Marc-André Hamelin (NYC, 8 Feb 2019)
After the quartet performed Haydn and Kurtag, Hamelin joined them in a breathtaking performance of Dvorak's monumental second piano quintet.
Read More »Music Reviews: ‘Two Hands to Tango’ from Håkon Skogstad, ‘Chaplin’s Smile’ from Philippe Quint
Two worthy adaptation projects: inventive piano tangos from Skogstad and sweet violin interpretations of Charlie Chaplin's movie music from Quint
Read More »Concert Review: Boreas Quartett Bremen and Han Tol – ‘Il flauto magico’ (NYC, 27 January 2019)
The concert featured a closetful of varied recorders, most copied from original instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Pianist-Composer and Honens Winner Nicolas Namoradze on His Carnegie Hall Debut
Fresh off winning the 2018 Honens International Piano Competition, the New York-based pianist and composer will be making his Carnegie Hall debut Feb 10.
Read More »Music Review: Pablo Aslan – ‘Contrabajo: Works for Bass and String Quartet’
Great musicians often speak to us most sincerely when they put genre aside and write and play what's in their own distinctive hearts.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Trick or Treat’ by Jack Neary
The specter of his wife's advancing Alzheimer's disease throw Johnny (Gordon Clapp) and his family into a dizzying whirlpool of anxiety as family secrets threaten to bubble to the surface.
Read More »Music Review: Jason Ringenberg – ‘Stand Tall’
Inspired by California's giant sequoias, the new solo album from Jason and the Scorchers' Jason Ringenberg has its thumb on the pulses of our hurting planet and our aching human race.
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