A Masterclass in Performance Practice for "Quartet for the End of Time’s" 80th Anniversary
When The Anzû Quartet meets Messiaen’s monumental quartet, the result is as educational as it is moving.
ReviewRECAP’s Freshman Album Reminds Us We Are Listening
RECAP, together with composers Angélica Negrón, Allison Loggins-Hull, Lesley Flannigan, Ellen Reid, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Caroline Shaw and the members of TRANSIT New Music have created something that is as visceral as it is kaleidoscopic.
ReviewBirds, Typewriters, and Tone Rows (I Think)
The experimentalism of TIME:SPANS 2021 feels even fresher after 18 months away.
ReviewReimagining The Concert Experience
Through the lens of Brahms Symphony No. A
The Curious Case of “Gold Dust”: The Music that Might Have Been
A surprise posthumous EP from the estate of Jóhann Jóhannsson leaves nothing but questions; in this mystery, the only clues lie in the music itself.
ReviewWhere We Are Now Didn’t Exist
Adam Tendler and String Orchestra of Brooklyn premiere Devonté Hynes's "Happenings" and perform Julius Eastman's "Gay Guerrilla" at Little Island.
ReviewHearing Beyond The First Layer of Sound with Jay Campbell
Jay Campbell discusses Catherine Lamb's "descensus".
InquiryOverdone and Done Over
I used to think that early music was stodgy and stuck in the past. Here are a few of the recordings that convinced me otherwise.
Early Music