Music
ALL MUSIC IS CHURCH
Choral Music In New York
By Pete Matthews
Pushing past the chestnut carts, day-trippers, and Salvation Army bell-ringers that clog Fifth Avenue the week before Christmas, I climb the steps of St. Thomas Church, the imposing gothic pile on the corner of 53rd Street that abuts the Museum of Modern Art.
Let's Talk About Love: Why Other People Have Such Bad Taste
By Kurt GottschalkWhen Carl Wilson’s Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste came out in 2007, it quickly became the most talked about volume in Bloomsbury Academic’s 33 1/3 series of short books about individual albums.
Outtakes
By Steve DalachinskyWe are all traditionalists in a sense and though it’s rare, when an artist manages to find a new approach to an old tradition, infusing it with a fresh sense of individuality, while at the same time paying deep respect to its original form and intent, we invariably end up with the likes of one Joseph Keckler.
MATTER REHEARSED
Thoughts on the New York Philharmonic's Open Rehearsal
By Daniel Gold
First up was Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, and to the layman’s ear, the Philharmonic breezed through it.
JHEREK BISCHOFF
Composed at St. Ann's Warehouse
By Marshall Yarbrough
Jherek Bischoff’s two-night stand at St. Ann’s Warehouse in January was an intimate showcase for his eclectic brand of orchestral pop.
Diary of a Mad Composer
By George GrellaRiver-run, past ghosts and memories—that kind of feeling haunted me on a damp, chilly night in mid-January, stepping out of the premiere of Kamala Sankaram’s strong opera, Thumbprint, then rushing down to the NYU Law Library to check in for Winter JazzFest.
