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Transcendental Taverner: Clarion at the Met in Review
Transcendental Taverner: Clarion at the Met The Clarion Choir, Steven Fox, Artistic Director Medieval Sculpture Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY April 29, 2016 As part of the MetLiveArts series of performances, a most amazing evening of music took place last Friday. Entitled “Transcendental Taverner,” it truly lived up to its name…
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From the Midwest to Midtown: The Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Bands and the Edmond North High School Band in Review
Bob Rogers Travel presents The Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Bands (MI) and the Edmond North High School Band (OK) David Leach, conductor; Brian Cook, conductor Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 28, 2016 We have often heard that the state of school music programs throughout the nation is in a…
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The Italian Institute of Culture in New York presents Luisa Sello and Bruno Canino in Review
Luisa Sello, flute Bruno Canino, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 18, 2016 Many ensembles who perform the Romantic repertoire–and this program was permeated with it, including a Neo-Romantic work–can often play with such emotion, that precision is overlooked. But this Italian duo plays with both flair and polish. Luisa…
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The Musical Father Figures We All Need: In Conversation with Stecher and Horowitz
The Musical Father Figures We All Need: In Conversation with Stecher and Horowitz Language has become so debased in our time, words no longer seem to mean what they once did, but one thing I can guarantee; an hour spent with duo-pianists Melvin Stecher and Norman Horowitz reveal them to be gentlemen, in the truest…
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Ian Hobson, Pianist in Review
Ian Hobson, piano Merkin Concert Hall, Kaufman Center, New York, NY April 13, 2016 Ian Hobson has unusual stamina. He plays with an uncanny virtuosity. His interpretations are nuanced and fresh. Of those elements, the stamina aspect cannot be overstated here. He opened with Fauré’s Theme and Variations, Op. 73, then proceeded with Chopin’s…
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Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Misatango 20th Anniversary in Review
Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Misatango 20th Anniversary Distinguished Concerts Orchestra; Distinguished Concerts Singers International Martín Palmeri, composer/conductor Maine Festival Chorus Richard Nickerson, Robert Westerberg, co-directors; Darrell Morrow, accompanist Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 17, 2016 On April 17, 2016, Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presented a…
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The Ullmann Project-II in Review
The Ullmann Project-II Dominique Hellsten, Artistic Director Dominique Hellsten and Monique Niemi, sopranos; Jason Plourde and Will Robinson, baritones; Craig Ketter and Matthew Odell, pianists; Johannes Landgren, organist Saint Peter’s Church-Citicorp Center, New York, NY April 19, 2016 Dominique Hellsten continued her ardent advocacy for the music of Viktor Ullmann (1898-1944) with the…
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The Clarion Orchestra And Mario Chang, Tenor; Steven Fox, Conductor
THE CLARION ORCHESTRA AND MARIO CHANG Rossini – Overture and Arias from Il barbiere di siviglia Donizetti – Arias and Duets from Le duc d’Albe, L’elisir d’amore and Lucia di Lammermoor Mario Chang, tenor The Clarion Orchestra Steven Fox, conductor Rising star and ‘born bel canto tenor’ [The New York Times] Mario Chang joins The Clarion Orchestra and Steven Fox for…
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Lloyd Arriola, Pianist in Review
Lloyd Arriola, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 3, 2016 The pianist Lloyd Arriola picked an intriguing program at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall: two world premieres, his own composition in homage to Arthur Rubinstein, and works by Liszt and (as many historians agree) his piano-virtuoso successor, Ferruccio Busoni. The…
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Şahan Arzruni, Pianist in Review
Şahan Arzruni, Pianist in Review The Fund for Armenian Relief Presents: Together for Armenia A Benefit Concert for the Vanadzor Old Age Home Şahan Arzruni, Piano, with Adam Rosenblatt, Percussion, and Simon Hagopian-Rogers, Violin Merkin Concert Hall at the Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY April 5, 2016 Those who say all piano recitals…