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May 19, 2012 • On any given week at Le Poisson Rouge there is a kaleidoscopic range of programming from some of the worlds top performing musicians, bands and DJ’s. The space morphs to accomodate the performer and in the the last couple weeks I have enjoyed an intimate sit down performance from Terry and Gyan Riley, a standing...
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May 7, 2012 • As a conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas might be best known for his interpretation of the emotionally charged music of Gustav Mahler. But his legacy won’t stop at his Grammy-winning recordings of the complete Mahler symphony cycle with his home orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony. He’s also the founder of the New World Symphony, an orchestra...
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May 5, 2012 • An electric performance from one of the great pianists of our time. Kissin enthralled the rapt audience at Carnegie Hall with his stunning performance, masterly balancing restraint and fervor. His graceful demeanor and shy smile winning everything. The crowd not letting him leave until he finished his third encore. Program BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 14 in...
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May 2, 2012 • The 2007 Justice remix of ZZT’s Lower State of Consciousness. A definitive example of maximalism featuring the musical ideas of 2 exceptional 00′s electronic composers with an abundance of glitch, an decidedly apocalyptical mood and a particularly transcendental crescendo proceeding the drop. ZZT – Lower State of Consciousness (Justice remix) ZZT – Lower State of...
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Apr 30, 2012 • Death for Five Voices – Werner Herzog documentary, 1995 Carlo Gesualdo, Madrigali libro sesto for five voices. Moro, Lasso, al Mio Duolo Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini __ Carlo Gesualdo, also known as Gesualdo da Venosa (Venosa, 8 March 1566 – Gesualdo, 8 September 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian nobleman,...
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Apr 28, 2012 • A spring time program equal parts thrilling and sublime. The beguiling Batiashvili and the world premiere of Marc Neikrug’s Concerto for Orchestra arrested the attention of Avery Fisher hall. Alan Gilbert and the NY phil delivered thoroughly rewarding performances of Berlioz and Debussy. Program Berlioz – Le Corsaire Overture Marc Neikrug – Concerto for Orchestra...
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Apr 26, 2012 • via Blogotheque I remember a brief conversation with Andrew Bird, after his concert at the “Route du Rock” Festival in Normandy in 2009. I ask him what he plans to do after his festival tour is over. He smiles and tells me that he’s going to relax. It’s been eleven years since he last took...
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Apr 25, 2012 • Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 1st mov. Barenboim, Celibidache, Munich Philharmonic Recorded live at the Gasteig, Munich, 1991 Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 2nd mov Allegro Appassionato Sviatoslav Richter, Evgeny Mravinsky, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Symphony Live recording, May 24, 1951 Brahms Piano Concerto no. 2 3rd mov. Andante Piu Adagio Piano: Edwin Fischer, Conductor: Wilhelm...
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Apr 18, 2012 • We caught up with Julia at her record release party in Los Angeles at Atwater Crossing, where she played a beautiful set with her super talented and classically trained band. We’re pleased Julia agreed to be our first guest in the perspectives series. __ Where are you right now? in my house What have you...
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Apr 18, 2012 • Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983): Pas trop vite, per pianoforte (1914). Cristina Ariagno, pianoforte. Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983): Romance, per pianoforte (1913). Cristina Ariagno, pianoforte. Germaine Tailleferre (19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as Les Six. She was born Marcelle Taillefesse at...
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Apr 2, 2012 • Distance de fée – Tōru Takemitsu (1951) ….For violin and piano…. Water Music (1960) The Face of Another (1966) – Hiroshi Teshigahara – 1. Waltz – Tōru Takemitsu A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden (1977) Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996): Toward the sea, for alto flute and guitar (1981). I. The Night II. Moby Dick III....
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Apr 1, 2012 • First Listen: Julia Holtner, Ekstasis – via NPR by LARS GOTRICH When the world is at the tip of anyone’s fingers, there’s little space for a true vanguard of sound. Think about it: When was the last time you heard or saw something entirely new? Experiences like Gaspar Noe’s film Enter the Void and Scott...
