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The show was proof that Queen + Adam Lambert are quite capable of mixing things up, even as they give everybody exactly what they’ve come to hear.
The concert, which along with the Elgar Violin Concerto also includes Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, promises to be a momentous occasion for the ensemble.
A concert whose music served as a prayerful elegy for a world spinning out of control.
Jack Kerouac’s best work is often driven by a hunger for spiritual nourishment: the soul food his protagonists occasionally find in friendships, in jazz, in oceanic moments of oneness.
Director Maggie Betts has much to keep in check – a courtroom drama and an exposé of corporate greed and racial politics in Mississippi.
Guitarist Steve Hackett honored the 50th anniversary of Genesis’ “Foxtrot,” yet this concert didn’t come across as just another night with a tribute band that sports a sole member of the original group.
As always, the New York Film Festival was a mix of art films that may never see general release with a few star-laden commercial movies angling for awards.
Arts Remembrance: The Passage of a Giant — Carla Bley, 1936 – 2023
Carla Bley was an original. We will never see her like again. It is a great blessing that she left so much music.
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