The Score: The End of Music by Glenn Branca
We seem to be on the edge of a paradigm shift. Orchestras are struggling to stay alive, rock has been relegated to the underground, jazz has stopped evolving and become a dead art, the music industry...
View ArticleClassical 2.0 with Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn, the American violinist, is about to release a new cd of music by JS Bach, called “Bach: Violin and Voice.” We’ve talked about Hilary Hahn before on the show. After all, she’s one of the...
View ArticlePioneer jazz legend Ornette Coleman turns 80
NEW YORK CITY – A conversation with Ornette Coleman can begin with a straightforward question, but the answer will dart in an unexpected direction, roaming over unpredictable terrain: love, sex, God,...
View ArticleThe Kronos Quartet / Terry Riley at Zankel Hall, New York City
The Kronos Quartet is ensconced at Carnegie Hall for a Perspectives series that explores the expansive, stylistically borderless repertory for which this ensemble is known, with master classes and a...
View ArticleAnthony Braxton – Tri-Centric Modeling: Past, Present, and Future
Featuring Anthony Braxton 12+1tet, plus performances by Marilyn Crispell-Mark Dresser-Gerry Hemingway trio; Steve Coleman-Jonathan Finlayson duo, Nicole Mitchell, Richard Teitelbaum, Matthew Welch,...
View ArticleChiara String Quartet at Le Poisson Rouge
Just before the Chiara String Quartet played Webern’s Five Movements for String Quartet on Wednesday evening at Le Poisson Rouge, the group’s first violinist, Rebecca Fischer, pointed out that the work...
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