Music
Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra serve up some curious and, from time to time, rather languorous Elgar.
With each piece, the impressive physicality of Kodō’s drummers becomes even more theatrical.
One of my favorite quotes from Gil Evans is, “Quit playing what you think I want you to play!”
“We thought, why don’t we hark back to earlier occasions which were equal parts socializing and entertainment?”
Colin Hay need no longer worry about job security as a touring and recording artist.
So much goes on over the course of Live From the Fox Oakland that the TTB upends the notion of a band “settling” into a sound.
Jason Anick, on violin and mandolin, and Jason Yeager, on piano, showed off just how exhilarating it can be to kick down musical walls.
Simplicity is its genius; some call “Roadrunner” the first punk song for a reason.
In the Piano Concerto, Ferruccio Busoni seemed to want to have the final word in the tradition of the Romantic concerto.
This is music that says things that cannot be said any other way, music that cannot wear its heart on its sleeve.
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