The players showed consummate skill in Beethoven's final string quartet and virtuosic enthusiasm in new music from Jeff Scott.
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Concert Review: Min Kwon – ‘America/Beautiful’
A selection from the 76 pieces of Kwon's "America/Beautiful" project showed the composers' vast range of styles and approaches.
Read More »Theater/Cabaret Review (NYC): ‘Tiergarten’ from Death of Classical and the Prototype Festival
Death of Classical and the Prototype Festival, two of NYC's cultural powerhouses, coalesced on Friday night, turning packed audiences into time travelers.
Read More »Concert/Dance Review: Paola Prestini’s ‘House of Zodiac’
This truly original event at the Green-Wood Cemetery catacombs took in the definitions of concert, dance, and theater.
Read More »Concert Review (NYC): Death of Classical, NOVUS Bring ‘America’ to Crypt at St. John the Divine
The musicians of NOVUS interposed works by contemporary American composers between movements of Dvořák's "American" String Quartet.
Read More »Concert Review: Fourth Wall Ensemble Sings Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Winning ‘Partita’ and More
With a sound that mixed plangency and purity, and an almost palpable fearlessness, the Fourth Wall Ensemble did this wonderful music justice.
Read More »Concert Review: Bass-Baritone Joseph Parrish, ‘Songs and Spirituals’
With charismatic stage presence to go with his vast talent and skill, Joseph Parrish may well have what it takes to become a widely celebrated soloist.
Read More »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 »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 (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.
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