October 31, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Lincoln Center The Metropolitan Opera Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Mozart (1787) As one would expect, this is a big traditional opera and expensive to attend ($207.50). I went with friends who go to many operas; this was my one for …
October 29, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
2 pm Created and performed by Sylvia Milo. Music by Nathan Davis (her husband, composer and percussionist with ICE) and Phyllis Chen. Ordinarily I wouldn’t mention the costume designer but this performance revolved around the costume which was also the …
October 28, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Littlefield’s in Brooklyn What a lovely night. Two great people celebrating their wedding among family and friends. They entered the room in procession led by a violin player. They welcomed us, David Lang gave a warm and wonderful toast. Dither …
October 27, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
“The Ticket that Exploded: An Opera (based on a novel by William S. Burroughs”, described as a "1962 dystopian novel about identity disintegration, oppression of humanity’s collective consciousness through technological influence, and revolution through the subversion of those very technologies." …
October 26, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater “Cries and Whispers” directed by Ivo van Hove I attended the Artist Talk before the performance and that was a wise move as it helped me get through the bleak death driven performance. I …
October 23, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Avery Fisher Hall @ Lincoln Center White Light Festival London Symphony Orchestra performing Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” (1961-62) This was a first for me. What a huge and wonderful event. The London Symphony and the London Symphony Choir, the soloists …
October 22, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
The Jazz Standard I’d forgotten how good a big band sounds. There are 19 members of this group: piano, bass, drums, voice, 5 saxes, 5 trumpets, 4 trombones and the conductor. My pal, Theo Bleckmann, voice and Kenny Wheeler (now …
October 21, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
The Kitchen ICE (International Contemporary Ensemble) Jam Sessions This was a night that blended composition and improvisation which is currently oten the case in contemporary music. Varese, Peter Evans, Jason Eckardt, Earle Brown, Xenakis, and Alvin Lucier, who was in …
October 20, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Very different than what I have seen before. First the floor was squishy. I’m sure there’s a more professional description but as the dancers stepped the sunk up to their ankles and since there were many falling bodies there was …
October 19, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
8 pm Guy Klucevsek, compositions, accordion and piano with Mary Rowell, violin; Erik Friedlander, cello; Peter Donovan, bass. Mary, Erik and Guy toured together 23 years ago and luckily Guy put them all together again tonight. I had not heard …