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viernes, 11 de marzo de 2011

MUSIC REVIEW


Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the New York Philharmonic in Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, part of a Hungarian Echoes festival at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday.
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Esa-Pekka Salonen leading the New York Philharmonic in Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra, part of a Hungarian Echoes festival at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday.
Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the New York Philharmonic in a Hungarian Echoes festival at Avery Fisher Hall.
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A Soundtrack to a Collaboration That Never Was

An imagined collaboration between the avant-garde composer Karlheinz Stockhausen and the Beatle John Lennon fuels a musical event rich in social and artistic commentary at Carnegie Hall.
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Finding the Then in a Suite of Songs From Now

Jennifer Sheehan’s new cabaret show at the Metropolitan Room shows an appreciation for contemporary songs in a traditional style.
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Brooklyn Rider: performed with Kayhan Kalhor, above, a master of the kamancheh, a Persian fiddle, at Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday.

Cross-Cultural Parade of Partnerships

The new-music quartet Brooklyn Rider led Kayhan Kalhor and other musicians in a survey of specialties at Alice Tully Hall on Wednesday night.
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Evgeny Kissin: The pianist performing a Liszt program at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday in commemoration of that composer’s 200th birthday.

Romantics Meet (Composer and Pianist), and Sparks Fly

The pianist Evgeny Kissin presented a virtuosic Liszt program at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, as part of the commemoration of that composer’s 200th birthday.
A rehearsal for Saturday's concert, which will sweep from jazz to gospel to Lithuanian music.

A Swirling Musical Mash-Up, via Lithuania

With “Crosswinds,” Kestutis Stanciauskas will offer a mix-and-match variety of musical styles and performers.
Mike Starr discussed his struggles with drug abuse on “Sober House with Dr. Drew,” a VH1 reality series.

Mike Starr, Alice in Chains Bassist, Is Dead at 44

Mr. Starr was the original bassist for the Seattle-based band, which made its mark on the grunge scene of the early 1990s.
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One Fresh Score in Place of Another

The St. Lawrence String Quartet revived a recent work — John Adams’s String Quartet (2008) — at Zankel Hall on Tuesday.
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Charlie Albright, in his New York debut, performing on Tuesday evening at Merkin Concert Hall.

Young Hands Tackling Chopin’s Intimidating Études

In his New York debut Charlie Albright, a 22-year-old pianist who already boasts a daunting résumé, handled his workload just fine.
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Sierra Hull, the 19-year-old bluegrass singer, at the Living Room on Tuesday, the day her third album was released.

Prodigious Talent Discovers Balance

Sierra Hull, the 19-year-old bluegrass singer, performed at the Living Room on Tuesday night.
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Kate Baldwin sings Sheldon Harnick at Feinstein’s.

Showering the Songwriter With Love and His Words

Kate Baldwin opened her new show, “She Loves Him,” at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency on Tuesday.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

House Warmed, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s Settles In

The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, which opened on Tuesday with concerts and tours, is up and running in every sense.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
Neal Evans with his band Soulive on Saturday night. The band, a funk trio, and several guest musicians are partaking in a 10-night residency at the Brooklyn Bowl.

The 10-Night Intergalactic Funk Odyssey

Fans of the funk trio Soulive have virtually been camped out at the Brooklyn Bowl concert hall in Williamsburg for that band’s 10-night residency.
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Conor Oberst, the founder and lead singer of Bright Eyes, performing at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night.

Soul-Baring Offered Amid Glitter

An older, cagier Conor Oberst brought Bright Eyes to Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday night.
A scene from Kurt Weill’s “Der Protagonist.”

Kurt Weill Festival Focuses on One Man, With Many Beats

An event in the German city of Dessau features both operas and musicals to honor the composer who fled to Paris and then New York in the 1930s.

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