viernes, 20 de mayo de 2011

MUSIC REVIEW


MUSIC REVIEW

Songs About What Went Wrong, but Performed So Right

Adele performed Thursday night at the Beacon Theater in New York.
Chad Batka for The New York Times
Adele performed Thursday night at the Beacon Theater in New York.
As soon as she started to sing Thursday at the Beacon Theater, Adele was fully in command, joining the lineage of British soul and pop singers.

Budgeters Try to Save Season for the New York City Opera

In a grueling daylong meeting of board members, union officials appealed for more mainstream programming and criticized the company’s marketing.
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Close to Eden, Where the Music Is Artisanal

The Seattle band Fleet Foxes called up blissful memories in concerts at the United Palace in Washington Heights.
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The Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York with, from left, Erin Keefe, Gloria Chien and David Shifrin on Wednesday.

Debussy Flows in Ripples And Seductive Warbles

The clarinetist David Shifrin and the pianist Gloria Chien performed Debussy’s Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano in a Lyric Chamber Music Society of New York concert.
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From left, Craig Taborn on piano, Paul Motian on vibraphone and Thomas Morgan on bass at the Village Vanguard.

School’s in Session, but Don’t You Dare Take Notes

Paul Motian is leading a kind of tribute band at the Village Vanguard this week, paying homage to the Modern Jazz Quartet.
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Reviving a Rarity, Right on Time

The American Classical Orchestra revived André-Ernest Modeste Grétry’s “Richard Coeur de Lion” at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
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In a brotherly clash, princes, played by Nicholas Tamagna, left, and Serena Benedetti.

From Milan to New York in 240 Years

Betrayal, lust and suicide are among the “adult themes” in a very early Mozart opera.
Ramón Ramos Alayo, center, the founder of CubaCaribe, teaches a salsa class at Dance Mission.

A Havana Connection Infuses the Music Scene

Only about 11,000 Cubans live in the Bay Area, but their influence on the local music scene, as seen at festivals like Salsa Rueda and CubaCaribe, is much bigger than their numbers.
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An Ancient Victory, Honoring a Later One

Handel’s rarely performed “Judas Maccabaeus” made an appearance on Tuesday evening, performed by the Clarion Choir and Orchestra at Park Avenue Christian Church.
Snooky Young performing at Carnegie Hall in 1998.

Snooky Young, a Big Band Trumpeter, Is Dead at 92

Mr. Young played in some of the world’s most famous big bands, including Doc Severinsen’s “Tonight Show” orchestra.
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Tom Postilio performing during his show “This Time Around,” at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.

Finding His Inner Sinatra, the Always Charming One

Tom Postilio, a suave, witty crooner, pays tribute to his idol in his show at Feinstein’s.
Bruce Ricker in 2002.

Bruce Ricker, Who Made Jazz Documentaries, Is Dead at 68

Mr. Ricker made jazz resoundingly visible in a series of highly regarded documentaries, including “The Last of the Blue Devils.”
ENTRY LEVEL
Nneka Onuorah, working with Malik Buie, a photographer, is a music specials coordinator at Black Entertainment Television.

Dancer at Heart, and Executive in the Making

Nneka Onuorah, 23, started out dancing and became the music specials coordinator at BET. Now, she has dreams of being the C.E.O. of her own network.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

His Back Pages, Captured on Film

Film Forum is offering a double feature of the Bob Dylan documentaries “Don’t Look Back” and “The Other Side of the Mirror.”
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Bach and His Predecessors: The vocal ensemble Tenet and the wind group Spiritus Collective performed at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin.

An Exploration of the World That Made Bach and That Bach Remade

An exploration of Bach and his heritage at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin led up to a masterwork by way of non-Bach pieces.

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