Wednesday, April 6
Youth and Beauty
Ah, Karen Russell. Or, as the Swamplandia! author might render it, Karen Russell! Never has a young author provoked such envy since that little minx Freudenberger. (Is it a girl thing?) But back to Ms. Russell: The 29-year-old phenom was pegged as an under-40 author to watch on that Read More
In choosing Mahler’s Eighth Symphony for his final suite of concerts with the New York Philharmonic (June 24 through June 27), Lorin Maazel doubtless wanted to go out big—and there’s nothing bigger than the Eighth, which employed some one thousand musicians at its world premiere in 1910. But in doing so, he also chose, unwittingly, Read More
CONCERTS
"The live show is the new album cover," says David Tobias, singer/guitarist for Brooklyn’s electro-funksters Apes & Androids. In a piece in July’s Spin on the new vogue for psychadelic stage-shows, we learn that the Androids hand out kazoos to their audience so they can play along to Gary Glitter’s "Rock & Roll Part Read More
Summer is approaching and that means free concerts and fireworks! The New York Philharmonic announced details about their free concerts in New York. Hear some Mozart, Bach, and Elgar at the concerts on Staten Island, and in New Jersey, Queens, the Bronx, and Long Island. Music Director Designate Alan Gilbert will lead a concert in Read More
The New York Philharmonic has been without a summer home for awhile now. They muster residencies during the off season at city parks, Avery Fisher Hall and some shows in… Colorado. But they may have finally found their orchestral equivalent to the Hamptons: Governor’s Island. They’ll be playing a free concert there, with the Manhattan Read More
Germs have struck again! Is no cultural institution safe? While the Met is hemorrhaging singers due to illness, the New York Philharmonic’s conductor, Riccardo Muti, has been forced off the dais this week by the flu. He will be replaced by Michael Christie. During his first time conducting the orchestra, he will be Read More
As previously reported, the New York Philharmonic’s performance in North Korea will air on PBS (Channel 13) tonight at 8 p.m. and Thurs. Feb. 28 at 2:30 a.m. New York Times coverage of the concert after the jump.
It was the first time a major American cultural organization had appeared here, Read More
In Beijing on Tuesday, U.S. and North Korean officials met for the first time since December to resume those seemingly endless nuclear talks, which apparently didn’t go very far, as the north still “wants more energy aid and diplomatic concessions" before it ditches the WMD. Concessions? Hmm…how ‘bout some George Gershwin tunes instead?! Read More
The New York Philharmonic’s controversial concert in North Korea on Feb. 26 will be broadcast that night on WNET (Channel 13) and replayed two days later on PBS, officials told The New York Times. ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff will provide “behind-the-scenes coverage” of the concert. Because of the time difference, the concert Read More
"He is Lorin Maazel, and this is his final season as our Music Director," writes the New York Philharmonic in their announcement of their 2008-09 season. "Befitting the occasion, we present a truly extraordinary season that can best be described in one word: epic. A season filled with powerful, dramatic performances. The kind Read More
