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| Music: Sinead O’Connor’s ‘How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?’ |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Sinead O’Connor, newly married and offering a new album, “How About I Be Me (and You Be You)?,” is on the rebound.
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Author: By RAVI SOMAIYA |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: ‘The Lighthouse,’ From Boston Lyric Opera |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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“The Lighthouse,” the 1980 opera by Peter Maxwell Davies, is being performed at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
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Author: By ZACHARY WOOLFE |
Category: Classical Music |
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| Music Review: Bill Callahan Show at Jazz at Lincoln Center |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Bill Callahan brought his bone-dry baritone and the deadpan philosophy of his lyrics to Lincoln Center’s American Songbook Series.
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Author: By NATE CHINEN |
Category: Music |
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| Tuba Thefts Plague California Schools |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The popularity of banda music, in which the tuba plays a dominant role, is seen by some as the cause of a recent rash of thefts.
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Author: By IAN LOVETT |
Category: Tubas |
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| ArtsBeat: When He's 69, McCartney Gets a Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Paul McCartney became the last member of the Beatles to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, after his bandmates John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr and the band itself.
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Author: By DAVE ITZKOFF |
Category: Paul McCartney |
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| ArtsBeat: 'American Idol' Watch: Engineered Drama Trumps Actual Singing |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Some viewers of Thursday night's Hollywood Week episode of "American Idol" were dismayed that the producers chose to exploit an accident by one of the contestants - over and over and over - and failed to show much of the singing.
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Author: By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. |
Category: American Idol |
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| ArtsBeat: Björk Cancels Thursday Concert |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Bjork has cancelled her Thursday-night performance at the New York Hall of Science in Queens because of health issues.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Bjork |
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| Music Review: Ecstatic Music Fest With Sxip Shirey and Angélica Negrón |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Ecstatic Music Festival had some unlikely pairings on Tuesday at Merkin Concert Hall.
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Author: By ALLAN KOZINN |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Fred Hersch Trio, Live and Recorded, at the Village Vanguard |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The pianist Fred Hersch and his bassist, John Hébert, and drummer, Eric McPherson, have achieved a compatibility and a sense of themselves as a trio.
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Author: By NATE CHINEN |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: JACK Quartet in Pop Up! Concert at Miller Theater |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The JACK Quartet and Ensemble Signal performed in a Pop Up! concert at the Miller Theater.
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Author: By ANTHONY TOMMASINI |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Tactus, Student Ensemble, at the Manhattan School of Music |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Tactus, the contemporary-music student ensemble at the Manhattan School of Music, performed Stravinsky, Boulez, Stockhausen and Lieberson on Tuesday at Greenfield Hall.
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Author: By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Fernando Otero in Music of Now Marathon at Symphony Space |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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Music of Now Marathon at Symphony Space was the kick-off to the third annual Composers Now Festival, which runs through Feb. 28.
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Author: By STEVE SMITH |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Dessoff Choirs at Church of St. Paul the Apostle |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The Dessoff Choirs performed “Stile Antico” at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle on Friday, part of the Refracted Bach series.
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Author: By JAMES R. OESTREICH |
Category: Classical Music |
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| Music Review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The East Coast Chamber Orchestra brought Schoenberg, Beethoven and Britten to the New School.
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Author: By ZACHARY WOOLFE |
Category: Classical Music |
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| Music Review: Dolce Suono Ensemble at Symphony Space |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The adventurous Philadelphia-based Dolce Suono Ensemble made its New York debut at Symphony Space on Monday.
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Author: By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Jay-Z Headlines a Concert at Carnegie Hall |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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There was a fascinating cross section of wealth in New York at Jay-Z’s charity show at Carnegie Hall on Monday.
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Author: By JON CARAMANICA |
Category: Rap and Hip-Hop |
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| Music Review: The Saxophonist Miguel Zenón at Montclair State |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón performed in concert at Montclair State University.
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Author: By BEN RATLIFF |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Carmina Burana Choral Project at Carnegie Hall |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The premieres of works by three student composers was followed by an impressively prepared chorus drawn from high schools in the New York region in a performance of Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana.”
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Author: By ANTHONY TOMMASINI |
Category: Music |
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| New Music: Paul McCartney’s ‘Kisses on the Bottom,’ Featuring Standards |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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“Kisses on the Bottom,” an album of standards by Paul McCartney, is a jaunty tip of the hat to the pop music of his parents’ generation.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN, NATE CHINEN and BEN RATLIFF |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Collegiate Chorale Sings Tippett and Bruckner at Carnegie |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The Collegiate Chorale presented Michael Tippett’s oratorio “A Child of Our Time” and Bruckner’s Te Deum at Carnegie Hall.
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Author: By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER |
Category: Classical Music |
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| Music Review: ‘Biophilia’ Live at the New York Hall of Science |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The first night of Björk’s six-show residency at the New York Hall of Science included a live spectacle for the album “Biophilia,” with towering pendulum harps, multimedia visuals, Tesla coils and an Icelandic choir.
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Author: By BEN RATLIFF |
Category: Bjork |
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| Music Review: Prism Quartet and Music From China at Weill Recital Hall |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The Prism Quartet and Music From China performed new pieces by Lei Liang, Fang Man, Huang Ruo and Bright Sheng at Weill Recital Hall on Friday night.
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Author: By STEVE SMITH |
Category: Classical Music |
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| Music Review: Rossini Double Bill by Julliard Opera at Lincoln Center |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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The Juilliard Opera presented some rarely heard Rossini, two of his earliest one-act comic operas, “La Cambiale di Matrimonio” (“The Marriage Contract”) and “La Scala di Seta” (“The Silken Ladder”).
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Author: By ZACHARY WOOLFE |
Category: Classical Music |
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| The Rough Harmonies of Sharon Van Etten |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A Brooklyn vagabond, whose music somehow combines the venom of PJ Harvey with a choir full of Emmylou Harrises singing harmony, plugs in.
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Author: By WM. FERGUSON |
Category: Van Etten, Sharon |
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| Tellings of Armida’s Story, Including Gluck’s at Juilliard |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The story of Armida and Rinaldo was an operatic favorite of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Juilliard School will present a semi-staged version of Gluck’s telling, “Armide.”
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Author: By ZACHARY WOOLFE |
Category: Opera |
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| Music: Stones, Chieftains, Beach Boys and El Gran Combo Turn 50 |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The Rolling Stones, the Chieftains, the Beach Boys and El Gran Combo, all 50 years old and still relevant.
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Author: By BEN RATLIFF |
Category: Rolling Stones |
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| Playlist: New Music by Kari Jobe, Mohombi, Bhi Bhiman and Others |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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New albums by Kari Jobe, Mohombi, Kellie Pickler, Bhi Bhiman and Jason Boland & the Stragglers.
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Author: By JON CARAMANICA |
Category: Music |
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| yMusic to Bring Its Versatility to Ecstatic Music Festival |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The chamber sextet yMusic specializes in breaking down barriers between genres, which keeps its members very busy, including an appearance at the Ecstatic Music Festival this week.
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Author: By WILLIAM ROBIN |
Category: yMusic |
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| Arts | Westchester: NewUrbanJazz Allows Artists to Stretch Out, Close to Home |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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NewUrbanJazz, now in its third season, is gaining traction with audiences, and the word is out among local artists of national stature that the concert series is a useful forum for delving into formats they don’t often explore.
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Author: By PHILLIP LUTZ |
Category: Music |
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| Philippe Entremont Conducts; Simone Dinnerstein Performs; Music by Ezequiel Viñao |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Reviews of Philippe Entremont with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra; the pianist Simone Dinnerstein; and the composer Ezequiel Viñao.
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Author: By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER and STEVE SMITH |
Category: Entremont, Philippe |
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| Romney and Gingrich Pull Songs After Complaints |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are just the latest Republicans to stop using songs at their rallies after songwriters complained that the campaigns had played the pieces without permission.
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Author: By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. |
Category: Presidential Election of 2012 |
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| Music Review: Thundercat, No Longer a Sideman, Plays S.O.B.’s |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Thundercat, a k a Stephen Bruner, took a turn as frontman in a rapturous show on Wednesday at S.O.B.’s.
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Author: By NATE CHINEN |
Category: Music |
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| Music Review: Europa Galante at Zankel Hall |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Europa Galante, a period-instrument ensemble, joined with the mezzo-soprano Vivica Genaux to consider Italian Baroque works on Thursday night at Zankel Hall.
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Author: By ALLAN KOZINN |
Category: Europa Galante |
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| Music Review: Angela Meade in ‘Ernani’ at Metropolitan Opera |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Verdi’s sweeping and implausible Romantic drama “Ernani” has returned to the Metropolitan Opera and features the American soprano Angela Meade, who has received this year’s Beverly Sills Artist Award.
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Author: By ANTHONY TOMMASINI |
Category: Ernani (Opera) |
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| Classical Music/Opera Listings for Feb. 10-16 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A selected guide to performances of classical music in New York.
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Category: Valentine's Day |
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| Jazz Listings for Feb. 10-16 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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A selected guide to jazz performances in New York.
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Category: Valentine's Day |
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| Golden Groups |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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This year the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Chieftains and El Gran Combo become among the first living pop bands to turn 50.
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| MAGAZINE: Sharon Van Etten, Back at the Sycamore |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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A singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn plays a song from her new album at a combination flower shop-speakeasy where she had one of her earliest gigs.
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| Remembering Don Cornelius |
(Wed, 01 Feb 2012)
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The producer and television host who created “Soul Train” was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Wednesday.
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| ‘Götterdämmerung’ |
(Tue, 31 Jan 2012)
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Photos of the final installment in the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle, directed by Robert Lepage.
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| The Scoop: New York City iPhone App |
(Fri, 24 Sep 2010)
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Get a selection of the listings on your iPhone with The Scoop, The Times’s guide to what to eat, see and do in New York.
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| ARTS: Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim |
(Thu, 17 Feb 2011)
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An appreciation of some particularly ingenious passages.
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Category: Sondheim, Stephen |
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| MUSIC: The Passing of a Pop Icon |
(Thu, 17 Feb 2011)
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Michael Jackson, the legendary singer, songwriter and dancer, died on June 25, 2009.
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Category: Jackson, Michael |
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