After two energetic tracks, Heather Lynne Horton's album relaxes into a sweetly produced but sleepy string of shadowy ballads.
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Concert Preview: Bass-Baritone Joseph Parrish Prepares ‘Songs & Spirituals’ for the Crypt
In preparing for a recital he is "the director, the co-musical director, costume designer" – and even the choreographer, "should I feel like adding a step or two."
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Creeps’
Unsteadily straddling the line between theater and performance art, the characters that inhabit Catherine Waller's solo show inhabit a dark metaphysical world.
Read More »Music Review: Hélène Grimaud – ‘For Clara,’ Music of Schumann and Brahms
Pianist Hélène Grimaud is once again joined by baritone Konstantin Krimmel, this time for an album of music by Schumann and Brahms, 'For Clara.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Séance with Mom’ – Nancy Redman Summons a Jewish Mother from Beyond the Grave
Though lacking pacing and structure, this solo piece about wishing you'd told a departed loved one something important touched some audience members.
Read More »Music Review: Orpheus 21 – ‘Oriente Lux (Dialogue of Souls)’ with Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI
A concert recording of music from countries far and wide, from Syria to Afghanistan, Israel to Greece, Morocco to Iraq, pays tribute to the victims of the war in Syria.
Read More »Music Review: ‘The Layers’ – New Music by Herschel Garfein Inspired by Jane Kenyon, Stanley Kunitz, KC Trommer
Poetry by Stanley Kunitz, Jane Kenyon, KC Trommer inspires composer Herschel Garfein on new album 'The Layers'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘In Corpo,’ A New Musical by Ben Beckley and Nate Weida
Inspired by Kafka and Melville, the smart, soulful, and original 'In Corpo' is the kind of musical that reassures us there's plenty of creative life left in musical theater.
Read More »Concert Event Review (Brooklyn): ‘Secret Byrd’ – Music of William Byrd at Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs
A unique performance event that places us at a clandestine Catholic Mass in Elizabethan times, with music by William Byrd.
Read More »Concert Review: Jeremy Denk, Orchestra of St. Luke’s Open OSL Bach Festival with Bach Keyboard Concertos
A concert that gave me a renewed appreciation for Bach's ability to rework music brilliantly for very different contexts
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