August 17, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Fieldwork: Vijay Iyer, piano; Steve Lehman, alto sax; Tyshawn Sorey, drums These guys are good; all virtuosic but still play with great feeling. The only downside was the set-up and that’s an issue with the venue. The drums and sax …
August 16, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
The third of my “educational” evenings. This night Stravinsky, Mozart and Beethoven. The pre-concert recital was Juho Pohjonen, featured pianist from Finland performing Mozart, “Sonata in A minor, K 310 (1778). I have no idea what to say about this …
August 15, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This was part of a world wide initiative called Project Fukushima. Otoma Yoshihide says “We need music. We need a place where people can gather to converse. We need hope, a motivation to live. In order to prevent Fukushima from …
August 14, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Ruth Rosenthal and Xavier Klaine are Winter Family. He is from northern France; she is from Israel. They now live in Paris. I was thrilled that they had one more gig before leaving NY. The photos aren’t very good as …
August 13, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
What a lovely day. Many of us took the 4:07 pm Metro North train up to Westport and there were vans there to shuttle us to Tom and Kamela’s home, which, by the way, is gorgeous. They bought it from …
August 12, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
All-Beethoven Program In my quest to learn more about old classical music, especially Beethoven, I signed up for some of these concerts. The main impetus came from my son, Jeff, who is mainly a country, blue grass guy but he …
August 11, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
5 pm Molissa Fenley Dance rehearsal Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn across from BAM The troupe now consists of four members: Molissa, Cassie May, Cassandra Neville and Peiling Kao. They will perform in the Days and Nights Festival in …
August 10, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
I didn’t go to Brooklyn as I meant to do. The gig didn’t start until 10, I had no idea what the neighborhood was like, so chickened out and went to see “Mysteries of Lisbon,” a 4 1/2 hour movie. …
August 9, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Lisle Ellis, basses; Weasel Walter, Drums; Eric Zinman, piano This was a night of really good improvised music. Lisle and Eric played beautifully together and separately. Lisle played both upright acoustic bass and electric bass guitar. His guitar playing is …
August 8, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
An amazing night - Three events, all about Igor Stravinsky. 6:15 pm Pre-concert lecture, The Chamber Music of Stravinsky” by Kendall D. Briggs at the Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse. This was my first visit to the Penthouse which is in …