Rose & The Nightingale are (L to R): Sara Caswell—violin, Laila Biali—piano and voice, Jody Redhage—cello and voice, and Leala Cyr—trumpet and voice (Photo courtesy of Ari Uzi) Jazz chamber…

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11:34 pm  •  7 May 2013  •  1 note

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Missy Mazzoli ~ On World Premiere of You Know Me From Here and Related Things

Missy Mazzoli (pictured here with her band Victoire) had a few minutes to discuss the world premiere of You Know Me From Here (with the Kronos Quartet) and other pieces.

12:23 am  •  1 May 2013  •  1 note

Everything Went Down Pretty Good

My first-ever film review (a review of Everything Went Down) on The Glass

2:13 am  •  25 April 2013  •  1 note

Loom Ensemble ~ Erosion CD Release Party (A Review)

Review of the ensemble’s CD release concert on The Glass

11:33 pm  •  17 April 2013  •  1 note

Sir Colin Davis (1927 ~ 2013): The Lark Ascending with Hilary Hahn

I have to say that I feel very badly now about the time I purchased Hilary Hahn’s Elgar/Vaughan Williams CD and I had the audacity to complain about Sir Colin Davis humming on the recording. If you listen closely, he hummed when he conducted, kind of like Glenn Gould did but perhaps not as intensely. I actually wanted my money back from DG at the time (I remember being on the phone with them about it, not kidding). I guess he just loved the music so much he couldn’t help himself. Perhaps he’s humming along with the angels right now as we speak.

As for the recording and the performances, they practically speak for themselves. Hilary Hahn plays such a gorgeous part in this that I believe she’s in effect “ruined it” for me in that I can’t hear anyone else portray an ascending lark in such a visceral way after hers. Sir Colin must have been simply carried away making this recording. I hope that he remembered this session as he passed through on Sunday. R.I.P. Maestro.

3:56 pm  •  17 April 2013  •  1 note

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11:51 am  •  13 April 2013  •  1 note

The Loom Ensemble ~ On Erosion: A Fable and the Release Party

Interview with the Loom Ensemble on The Glass

9:52 pm  •  10 April 2013  •  1 note

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NOTE: These are all pieces that I have not seen or heard played by Hilary Hahn in concert or on record, nor do I believe she has played before, though I may be incorrect in some cases as she has had many different ones in her repertoire through the years

1. Bartók: a) Concerto #1, Sz 36

2. Saint-Saëns: a) Concerto #2 in C Major, Op. 58

    b) Concerto #1 in A Major, Op. 20

3. Berg: Violin Concerto

4. Philip Glass: Concerto #1

5. Hindemith: a) Violin Concerto 

    b) Kammermusik #4, op. 36 #3

6. Shostakovich: Concerto #2 in C-Sharp Minor

7. Tchaikovsky:  a) Serenade Melancolique in B-Flat Minor

    b) Meditation in D Minor

c) “Danse Russe” (from Swan Lake)

8. Richard Strauss: a) Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 89

    b) also the solo part in Ein Heldenleben

9. Beethoven: Triple Concerto (w/ Lang Lang-piano and Alisa Weilerstein-cello)

10. John Adams: Violin Concerto

11. Thomas Ades: Violin Concerto (Concentric Paths)

12. George Antheil: Violin Concerto

13. Ravel: Tzigane

14. Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole

15. Paganini: Concerto #2 (La campanella)

16. Carl Nielsen: Violin Concerto

17. Khatchaturian: Violin Concerto

18. Daniel Felsenfeld: Bad Coffee Serenade

These last 3 are pieces that she has done in concert:

19. Britten: Violin Concerto

20. Prokofiev: Concerto #2

21. Bruch: Concerto #1

10:21 pm  •  8 April 2013  •  3 notes

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This is real poetry in motion.

9:51 pm  •  8 April 2013  •  1 note

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Lauren O’Connell and myself, Slipper Room NYC 3/27/13

Note Julia Nunes in the background on the right—She unintentionally photobombed us

1:26 pm  •  5 April 2013  •  3 notes