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Music Review | Yefim Bronfman: Where Undercurrents of Electricity Crackle Beneath a Serene Surface
5 Jan 2009
Yefim Bronfman’s chamber music concert with musicians from the New York Philharmonic seemed to owe something to Carnegie Hall’s Perspectives program.
Music: A New PBS Special Revisits the Stax/Volt Revue’s 1967 European Tour
5 Jan 2009
The black-and-white concert footage of “Sweet Soul Music: Stax Live in Europe 1967,” to be shown Monday on WLIW, is a chance to see Stax’s soul men at their youthful peak.
Critics’ Choice: New CDs
5 Jan 2009
New releases from Glasvegas, Scarface, Erin McCarley and the Joe Morris Bass Quartet.
Music Review | New York Philharmonic: A Hefty Sound for Bach and a Piano-Centric Strauss and Szymanowski
4 Jan 2009
There was not much magic in the New York Philharmonic’s performance of the “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 2.
Music Review | Paquito D’Rivera: Hamming It Up With a Cuban Accent
4 Jan 2009
The Cuban saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Paquito D’Rivera performed a first-time run of shows with his new band.
Reopening a Pianist’s Treasury of Chopin
4 Jan 2009
The pianist Nadia Reisenberg is a good example of dedicated artists with lower profiles who influence classical music from within and enjoy productive and important careers.
Vincent Ford Dies at 68; Inspired Classic Bob Marley Songs
4 Jan 2009
Writing credit and royalties for “No Woman, No Cry,” “Positive Vibration,” “Roots Rock Reggae” and “Crazy Baldheads,” went to Mr. Ford.
Andrew Bird Discovers His Inner Operatic Folkie
3 Jan 2009
Alone with his violin, his whistling and his thoughts, a singer-songwriter finds his sound.
Music: A Protégé Honors His Mentor’s Legacy
2 Jan 2009
To commemorate the composer and Great Neck resident Elie Siegmeister on what would have been his 100th birthday, a former student heads a celebration.
Music: This Euridice Doesn’t Need a Lifeline
2 Jan 2009
Danielle de Niese, a gifted and glamorous young soprano, will sing Euridice in Mark Morris’s production of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” at the Metropolitan Opera.
Music Review | 'La Rondine': Puccini and Operetta? He Does It His Way
2 Jan 2009
Puccini’s opera “La Rondine” arrived at the Metropolitan Opera for a New Year’s Eve gala performance on Wednesday in a beguiling new production by Nicolas Joël.
Music: School-Age D.J.’s, Old-School Style
2 Jan 2009
The Martinez Brothers are bridging genres with their youthful-yet-knowing D.J. sets, inspiring a generation raised on hip-hop to move to a different beat.
Music Sales Fell in 2008, but Climbed on the Web
2 Jan 2009
Sales of recorded music fell sharply in 2008, as consumers continued to migrate away from the CD format and the recession dampened consumer spending during the critical year-end holiday shopping period.
Music: Songs From the Heart of a Marketing Plan
2 Jan 2009
For musicians who hope to earn a living in the era of free downloads, a practical solution has emerged: use music to sell something else.
Music: Toward a Leaner, Bolder City Opera
2 Jan 2009
Facing a $15 million deficit and still reeling from the departure of its director, Gerard Mortier, the 65-year-old New York City Opera has seldom faced such a dire crisis.
A Love Supreme
2 Jan 2009
A passionate history of music’s path to cultural primacy, full of entertaining anecdotes and trivia from the worlds of classical, jazz and pop.
Out With the Knit, in With the Wine
2 Jan 2009
For a downtown club’s last night in Manhattan, a cacophonous “Auld Lang Syne” was appropriate.
Music Review | New York Sinfonia: Reflecting on Peace in the Quiet Light of Song
2 Jan 2009
On Wednesday Glen Cortese led the New York Sinfonia in a performance in which the opening percussion salvos resounded through the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine like cannon blasts.
Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Brew of Arias and Overtures, From Merry to Macabre
2 Jan 2009
It was an odd grab bag of a program that Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic assembled to greet the new year on Wednesday evening.
Classical Listings
2 Jan 2009
CLASSICAL.
Arts, Briefly: Prince Plans a Hat Trick
2 Jan 2009
Prince is planning to release not one but three albums in 2009, all without benefit of a record label.
Jazz Listings
2 Jan 2009
JAZZ.
Pop and Rock Listings
2 Jan 2009
POP.
Arts, Briefly: Haggard to Sing Smoke-Free
2 Jan 2009
Merle Haggard plans to give his first concerts since undergoing surgery for lung cancer two months ago.
Arts, Briefly: The Dead Come Back, and So Do the Allmans
2 Jan 2009
The Dead opened the new year by setting dates for its first concert tour since 2004.
Playlist | Ben Ratliff: One Young Band Among Some Older Sounds
1 Jan 2009
On this week’s playlist, releases by A Filial, Jim McAuley, Louis Moholo-Moholo and Miles Davis.
Delaney Bramlett, Pop Singer and Guitarist, Dies at 69
31 Dec 2008
Mr. Bramlett’s songs were covered by popular musicians ranging from Ray Charles to Sonic Youth.
Music Review | Lil Wayne: Taking a Victory Lap as New Arena Champ
30 Dec 2008
It seems clear that 2008 will go down as the year of Lil Wayne.
Freddie Hubbard, Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70
30 Dec 2008
Mr. Hubbard dazzled audiences and critics alike with his virtuosity, his melodicism and his infectious energy.
Music Review | New York String Orchestra Seminar: Sweet Strings of Youth on the Big Stage
30 Dec 2008
The New York String Orchestra Seminar, a 10-day program that brings a few dozen high school- and college-age musicians to New York every December, is mostly a private affair.
Critics’ Choice: New CDs
29 Dec 2008
A new release from Brandy and the “Slumdog Millionaire” soundtrack.
New Year’s Eve, Just Slightly Downsized
29 Dec 2008
This year the holiday has been scaled back, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to celebrate. The Times’s pop and jazz critics offer their choices of the best New Year’s Eve events in New York.
Music: Hard Day’s Night for Beatles Reissues
28 Dec 2008
To collectors, the inability of Apple and EMI to get new versions of the Fab Four’s music onto the market is a symbol of how pathetic the record business has become.
An Appraisal: Forever Feline, Forever Fierce
28 Dec 2008
Eartha Kitt, who died at 81 on Christmas Day, created a catwoman archetype that is now as embedded in our collective pop psyche as Mae West’s swiveling sex goddess.
Lew Spence | b. 1920: A Tune for His Times
26 Dec 2008
He composed the perfect song for Sinatra.
Arts, Briefly: All He Needs Is Royalties
26 Dec 2008
Musicians are asking lawmakers to extend the period during which they can receive royalties for their recorded work.
Playlist | Adele Adkins: Soulful and Adventurous, on Either Side of the Atlantic
26 Dec 2008
On this week’s playlist, releases by Laura Marling, Leona Lewis, Chris Brown, Vampire Weekend and Santogold.
Music: Aliens Are Attacking. Cue the Strings.
25 Dec 2008
Classically trained musicians are finding new outlets for their talents in the booming video game industry.
Levi Stubbs | b. 1936; Dee Dee Warwick | b. 1945: Soul Bearers
24 Dec 2008
They sang their hearts out, to different effect.
