February 2012
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Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic at...
Matt Dine for the New York Times
There are few things I wouldn’t do in order to see the Berlin Philharmonic live. Luckily for me, I only had to endure a 10-minute subway ride in order to get to see this miraculous ensemble at Carnegie Hall. Their only North American tour appearance this season, the orchestra settled in for a three-night...
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Matteo Pugliese
Pugliese, Barriera, 2009, bronze
I’ve recently fallen in love with a series of sculptures by Italian artist Matteo Pugliese. Aside from being well-executed and incredibly expressive, part of their charm lies in the fact that they remind me of Michelangelo’s unfinished Slave series. At the Accademia in Florence, Michelangelo’s unfinished...
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Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens Take Center Stage
Fans of Downton Abbey, the smash British show that recently finished its second season on PBS, will be thrilled to see two of the show’s best actors featured in London’s Evening Standard Magazine. As Mary and Matthew Crawley—cousins who eventually find love [and a way to keep the Abbey’s land in the Grantham lineage]—Michelle Dockery and Dan Stevens exhibit icy...
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Ecstatic Music Festival: Richard Reed Parry, Son...
Photo: David Andranko for BrooklynVegan
I was thrilled to attend a concert featuring the work of two musicians that toe the line between classical and indie worlds: Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry and Ryan Lott’s alter ego, Son Lux. Local chamber ensemble yMusic was the vehicle for a varied program of works, with Parry, Lott, and The...
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Orchestra of St. Luke's: The Carmina Burana Choral...
Ozier Muhammad for The New York Times
I’m usually wary of high school choral groups, especially when amassed for a titanic work like Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. However, leave it to Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute to prove me wrong! Conductor David Robertson led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and a 400-member choir composed of NYC...
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Eliza Garth Performs John Cage
I had the wonderful opportunity to see Eliza Garth’s brilliant performance of John Cage’s virtuosic work for prepared piano, Sonatas and Interludes. There will be concerts devoted to cage throughout 2012 to mark the centennial celebrations of his birth, but I can’t imagine many will be able to compare to this intimate work performed in the wonderfully intimate Merkin Concert...
