The composer integrated modern 20th century styles and folk music from North Africa and elsewhere in his string quartets.
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Classical Superstars Lang Lang and Joshua Bell Both Releasing New Albums September 30
Pianist Lang Lang's new double album is dedicated entirely to Mozart, while Bell's recording is all Bach.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Hunting Gun,’ ‘Bullfight,’ and ‘Life of a Counterfeiter’ by Yasushi Inoue
Inoue's early works cast a light upon a period of Japanese history, the post-World War Two period, that is little known to most English-speaking readers. They also reveal why he is as venerated as he is.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘The Valley of Astonishment’ by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne
Stories of synaesthesia inspired by Oliver Sacks, a celebrated mnemonist, and an ancient Sufi poem.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Embers’ by Samuel Beckett
'Embers' succeeds a good deal more dramatically than one might have expected from a radio play transferred to the stage.
Read More »Music Review: Dina Regine – ‘Right On, Alright’
Not just a fine songwriter and singer, Dina Regine also has a wide-ranging sensibility infused with the history of the great pop music of the past half century.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Bedbugs!!!’ the Musical by Paul Leschen and Fred Sauter
This deliciously campy show has so much frenzied, blood-sucking energy the small ArcLight theater can hardly contain it.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: New Albums and Tours from Ariana Grande, One Direction, Mary J. Blige, U2, Seth MacFarlane and More
The fall season is upon us, and with it an onslaught of splashy new releases from marquee artists and labels clamoring for our attention.
Read More »I Shall Be Released: New Releases and Tours from Chick Corea, George Harrison, Sting, Minus the Bear and More
As Sting's musical 'The Last Ship' nears its Broadway premiere, the perennial pop star releases a live DVD of his own performances of the music.
Read More »Music Review: Ute Lemper – ‘Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda’
Lemper and her band honor Neruda's timeless words as fully as I could have imagined, setting them to music made of the same beauty and passion the poet so often celebrated.
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