The vocal ensemble returns with a thrilling cabaret-style concert of art songs from Mozart to Sondheim to the present day.
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Concert Review (NYC): The Open Gates Project – C3: Countertenors, Continuo, and a Consort of Viols (11 February 2022)
The project devoted to diversity in early music presented not one, not two, but four countertenors of color in its second concert.
Read More »Music Review: Beast Nest – ‘Sicko’
'Sicko', by Beast Nest, is an example of how so called emotionless electronic music can express feelings as well as any acoustic instrument.
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 »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 »Concert Review (NYC): The Knights at the 92nd Street Y, 11 December 2021
The Brooklyn orchestral collective performed music by Schubert, Vaughan Williams, Gottschalk and contemporary composer Jessie Montgomery.
Read More »Music Review: Flèche Love – Naga Part ll
'Naga Part ll' by Flèche Love is a beautiful and haunting album that will stir listeners' emotions and make them think.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Kronos Quartet and Friends – Music from ’50 for the Future,’ 21 October 2021
With all the genre-bending acts and projects out there today, there's still no one quite like the Kronos Quartet.
Read More »Music Reviews: David Fulmer – ‘Sky’s Acetylene’ and Apollo Chamber Players – ‘With Malice Toward None’
A captivating piece by David Fulmer and an inventive collection of folk-influenced music from the Apollo Chamber Players
Read More »Music Review: ‘Feminine Care’ Lexagon
Feminine Care, by Bay Area multimedia artist Lexagon (AKA Alexa Burrell) on Ratskin Records, is a complex and subtle musical examination of what it meant to be a woman of colour living during the time of the Trump presidency. However, anyone expecting strident political statements will be sorely disappointed, as …
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