Search Results: quotes
In Available Light , Lucinda Childs’ dancers execute a series of movement phrases which to a viewer may seem simple, but in fact require intense focus and control on the dancers’ part.
Read More
This is a conductor and ensemble that have the measure of Max Bruch’s style and voice well in hand.
Read More
The interpretations of the covers in this beautifully realized tribute album will bring back memories of the originals in a way that is enlivening rather than nostalgic.
Read More
Four new albums: the standouts include the finest Andris Nelsons/BSO Shostakovich collaboration to date and the Neave Trio’s wonderful new French Moments.
Read More
The White Crow, wisely, offers up no easy answers regarding why Rudolf Nureyev defected.
Read More
Shrill picks up narrative strength once we see Annie slowly come to terms with the yawning gap between who she is and who she has been told to be by her family, her friends, and society at large.
Read More
George MacKay’s astonishing turn lifts 1917 from pyrotechnical marvel to a shattering emotional experience.
Read More
One of Donizetti’s strongest and most original works, has finally been reconstructed and recorded by superb forces under the remarkable Mark Elder.
Read MoreDirector Courtney O’Connor, the Nora Theatre, and its skilled cast do right by this hilarious historical comedy.
Read More
Music Commentary: Jazz, Ed Sullivan, and Television
These performances on The Ed Sullivan Show occurred almost exclusively between 1957 and 1964 and that’s not happenstance. They coincide with the only slice of time when different styles of jazz ever got a significant airing on television.
Read More