2 Centennials, 2 New Classical Operas Recital by Sandra Coffin, trumpet and Jennifer Peterson, piano – November 17 in Mineola, NY “I’ve Got the Tune?” No, A Brecht-Weill Blitz Concert/Book Review by Leonard Lehrman 2 Revivals (Blitzstein, Weill), 2 CDs (Bernstein, Palmer) and A Look At Lorca (NYFOS), by Leonard Lehrman 2016 – A Celebration Year for Jaromir Weinberger 3 CDs, 3 Concerts, 2 Operas & A Dance Recital 3 Fall 2015 Weekend Concerts – Reviewed by Leonard Lehrman 70th Birthday Concert for Leonard Lehrman and Charles Osborne, with the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus – 8/18/19 in Roslyn, NY A Busy January – Concert and CD Reviews and Notes from Mark Greenfest A Concert with Leonard J. Lehrman – Reviewed by Jonathan Dzik A Glimpse of Glimmerglass by Leonard Lehrman A Loveletter to John Latouche (Nov. 13, 1914-Aug. 7, 1956) by Leonard Lehrman A Night to Remember: Contemporary Music at New York City’s Bargemusic About Anton Webern’s Entflieht auf leichten känen and Mozart’s Kyrie from Mass in C Minor – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting About Maestro Harold Rosenbaum and the Early Days of The Canticum Novum Singers About Maestro Harold Rosenbaum’s Conducting Seminars Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique with No Wasted Motion – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting America As I Want To Hear It – Music of Charles Ives AMERICASCAPES – A CD Review by Dana Paul Perna an infinite number of curves – Katabasis an infinite number of curves – Rapid Eye An Interview with Pianist Rosa Antonelli And Even More Spring 2014 NYC Concert Reviews and Notes Announcing The 8th International Anita Cerquetti Opera Competition – 6 to 8 April 2018 at Logge Theatre in Montecosaro (MC), Italy Announcing the New York Preliminary Auditions on December 9-10, 2016 For the 7th International Anita Cerquetti Opera Competition Announcing the Winners of the 7th Anita Cerquetti International Opera Competition in Montecosaro, Italy – April 2017 Another Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1 April 2015 New York Philharmonic Concert Reviews Artek at Manhattan’s Immanuel Lutheran Church – A Review by Mark Greenfest Autumn Salon, Presented by Concrete Timbre in Association with Asian Women Composers Association. A Review by Josh Oxford Bach & Bleach – Presented at The Downstairs at La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, 66 E. 4th St. in Manhattan Baltic Transit -A Recording Review by Dana Paul Perna Barab & Spektor: A Delightful & Moving Double Bill Bargemusic Here and Now Labor Day Festival 2018 -A Review by Laura Jean Goldberg Bargemusic Here and Now Winter Festival in New York City Beth Anderson – Age 15 to 18 – Part 3 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Age 7 to 15 – Part 2 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Robert Ashley, Ear Magazine, an Opera, Graphic Scores, Electro-acoustic Excitement – Part 6 of her memoir Beth Anderson – The Early Days – Part 1 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Age 18 to 19 – Rorem, Cage, Swift, Harrison – Part 4 of her memoir Beth Anderson – Cage, Riley, and an MFA in Piano – Part 5 of her memoir Beth Soll and Company – Dances of Passion and Peace Book, Opera, CD, Concert & Revue Review – Harp, Herzl, Sirota, Yeston by Leonard Lehrman C4 Choral Composer/Conductor Collective Presents Heritage – First Concerts of 2013-14 Season Catching Up on Six Summer Events & Seven CDs – by Leonard Lehrman Catching Up with Cipullo, NYFOS, RAM, YIVO & York by Leonard Lehrman CD Release Review by Donald Venezia March 4, 2012 CD Release Reviews – Compiled by Donald Venezia for Summer 2013 CD Release Reviews By Donald Venezia – February 11 2012 CD Release Reviews by Donald Venezia – February 18 2012 CD Release Reviews by Donald Venezia – February 25, 2012 Celebrating the Life and Music of Steven Gerber – An Appreciation by Mark Greenfest Celebrating The Strawbs Chapter 11: Working with, and Supporting Composers – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting Chapter 4: The Importance of Acquiring a Solid Conducting Technique – From Harold Rosenbaum’s Book A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting Christmas 2013 – A Christmas Memory Clarinetist Kristen Mather de Andrade’s As Bright as the Skies are Blue – A Review Classical Music Still Matters – Part 1 – Live from Caracas – Classical Music Still Matters – Part 2 Classical Music Still Matters – Part 3 Classical Music Still Matters – Part 4 Composer’s Voice Concert Series May 19, 2016 at Brooklyn’s Firehouse Space Concert and CD Reviews by Dana Paul Perna Conductor Harold Rosenbaum on Composer Thea Musgrave Cool Sounds from France Crossing Boundaries in 4 Musicals: Bernstein, Bock & Harnick, Lerner & Lane, Red Emma & Rasputin at Bard, Folksbiene, Irish Rep, and the Tank, by Leonard Lehrman Da Capo Chamber Players Present Global American Chamber Music at New York City’s Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center Da Capo Chamber Players Present Musical Spirits Reappear! October 30, 2019 at New York City’s Kaufman Music Center Da Capo Chamber Players Remembering George Walker, February 12, 2020 at New York City’s Kaufman Music Center Debussy and Redon – Together December 2013 Reviews from Mark Greenfest – American Modern Ensemble (AME) Winter Music (NYC, Dec. 3, 2013) and Divorce Music (CD, 2012) Dell’Arte Opera Ensemble’s Beaumarchais Festival – Reviewed by Leonard Lehrman Derriere Opera Reviewed by Leonard Lehrman Dietrich Rides Again at Medicine Show thru Sept. 17 – Review by Leonard Lehrman Donald Venezia’s CD Suggestions for Holiday Gift Giving – from BBC Music Magazine and Arkiv Music Early Spring 2014 Concert Reviews and Notes Edgard Varese and Le Corbusier – Together Again! End of Year Wrap-Up, 2023 by Leonard Lehrman – Anne Frank, Panama, Amid Falling Walls, The Boulangerie End-of-the-Year Roundup by Leonard J. Lehrman Ending the Year Francophilically by Leonard Lehrman Enjoyable Nonsense – Dada’s Greatest Hit Ensemble Midtvest in Concert – A Fine Debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall Even More New York City Concerts Considered Even More Spring 2014 NYC Concert Reviews and Notes Fathers’ Day Thoughts – on Dad(s), Family Man, Hannah, Wagner, and Jewish Currents by Leonard Lehrman For The Holidays – A Child’s Christmas in Wales From Kernel to Concert Part II, by Barbara Oldham, Quintet of the Americas From Kernel to Concert, Part I by Barbara Oldham, Quintet of the Americas George Bellows – The Color of the Changing World George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – First movement: Emigrants Journey Across the Plains – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Fourth movement: Allegro con spirito, “Arrival at the New Home, Rustic Festivities, and Dancing” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Second Movement: Andante religioso, “Halt on the Prairie” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann George Frederick Bristow: Symphony No. 4 in e minor, Op. 50, “Arcadian” (1872) – Third Movement: Allegro ma non tanto, “Indian War Dance and Attack by Indians” – An Analysis by Kyle Gann Giant Steps Two Ways Gradus – Music by Composer David Claman Great Animation from Zagreb Great Film – Emir Kusturica’s Underground Great Jazz from Esperanza Spalding Great Music from Ukraine – Meet Nikolai Kapustin Great Short Film – Jammin’ The Blues – 1944 Hagen, Blitzstein, and Opera News: Book Review, Concert Review and Review of Review(s) by Leonard Lehrman Hannah – A Review by Jonathan Dzik Hannah – A Review by Mark Greenfest Happy New Year and a Message of Peace From Willa Webber Hlif Sigurjonsdottir in Concert at National Opera Center – A Brief Review by Mark Greenfest Honoring the Upcoming Leonard Bernstein Centennial: A Review of His Complete Solo Works for Piano on New Bridge Records CD Ibla Grand Prize Winners at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall India @ 75 Dance Festival, August 6, 2022 at Manhattan’s Ailey Citigroup Theatre Insider/Outside View/Review Opera & Song at CCO, MCNY, LICA & QC – by Leonard Lehrman Iris at Bard (July 27, 2016) – Reviewed by Leonard Lehrman Jack Quartet at Time:Spans Festival 2018 – A Review by Mark Greenfest James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – First movement: Penn Station (Subway Ride) – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Fourth movement: Baptist Mission – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Second movement: Song of Harlem (April in Harlem) – An Analysis by Kyle Gann James P. Johnson: Harlem Symphony (1932) – Third movement: The Night Club – An Analysis by Kyle Gann Jaromir Weinberger Re-Discovered Laura Newell: The Philharmonia Recordings – A Review by Dana Paul Perna Long Island Composers Alliance Presents Tomorrow’s Classics….Today May 2015 Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest May and June in NYC Music Reviews May NYC Concert Reviews and Notes Mid-Winter 2015 NYC Concert Reviews by Mark Greenfest Mid-Year Wrap-Up, 2024 – Boulanger, G&S, Gordon, Harnick, Moravec, by Leonard J. Lehrman More April NYC Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest More December 2013 Reviews from Mark Greenfest – Music All Over Town More From The Concert Hall – Reviews from Mark Greenfest More May 2015 Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest More New York City Concert Notes and Reviews by Mark Greenfest More New York City Concert Reviews and Concert Notes More New York City Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest More New York Concert Reviews and Notes from Mark Greenfest More New York Metro Area Spring 2016 Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest More Spring 2014 NYC Concert Reviews and Notes More Summer 2014 New York City Concert Reviews and Notes Music From Good Shepherd – A Concert Review by Mark Greenfest Music of Lukas Foss – A Recording Review and Reflective Tribute by Dana Paul Perna Music of Youth and Age: Herbert Rothgarber, Michael Brown, Pygmalions, David Del Tredici, Stanley Drucker, Brahms & Bernstein by Leonard Lehrman Musical Hydrology or Hydrological Music? An Interview with Judith Lang Zaimont Ned Rorem’s (& Others’) Centenary Celebrations by Leonard Lehrman New Marc Blitzstein CD and 2 New Books on Leonard Bernstein New Music Performed by Craig Hultgren, cellist – January 25, 2018 at New York City’s National Opera Center New Take on Progressive Rock – The Crimson Jazz Trio New York City 2016 Concert Reviews from Mark Greenfest – Special Composers Birthdays Edition New York City Auditions Winners Announced for 2017 Anita Cerquetti International Opera Competition New York City Concert Notes and Reviews by Mark Greenfest New York Composers Circle at NYC’s Saint Peter’s Church at Citigroup Center New York Composers Circle at St. Peter’s and Magill/Levin at the Barge – Reviews by Mark Greenfest New York Composers Circle Concert – June 4, 2016 at NYC’s Nimoy/Thalia Theater at Symphony Space New York Composers Circle Concert of New Music for Mixed Chamber Ensembles – March 19, 2019 New York Composers Circle: A Concert of New Music on February 21 at St. Peter’s Church New York Concert Reviews and Notes from Mark Greenfest New York Scandia Symphony in Concert – June 5, 2014 New York Scandia Symphony in Concert – The Danish Golden Age – 200th Anniversary Concert of Niels W. Gade New York Scandia Symphony in Concert April 11, 2019 at New York City’s Symphony Space New York Scandia Symphony Shines in Lincoln Center Debut on April 13, 2023 – A Review by Brad S. Ross On Songwriting: Kapilow, Sondheim, Laitman, and the York, by Leonard Lehrman Only at Merkin Hall with Terrance McKnight – Ursula Oppens 75th Birthday Tribute Outcast at the Gate, An Opera by Joel Feigin, Presented by Center for Contemporary Opera Parthenia Viol Consort’s Tomb Sonnets – A Concert with Special Guest Vocalist Ryland Angel, on March 25 at The Secret Theater in Long Island City, Queens – A Review by Nancy Tooney Penelope April 2022 – A Review by Leonard Lehrman Peri Mauer & Friends In Concert for Make Music New York Peri Mauer’s Life on Earth for Chamber Orchestra Reviewed by Sandra Coffin Periapsis Music and Dance Presents To Take You There Progressive Rock – Emerson Lake & Palmer Progressive Rock – Yes Quintet of the Americas Festive Sounds and Brilliant New Music by Composer Peri Mauer – A Review by Christopher Kaufman Recently in the Concert Hall….Reviews from Mark Greenfest Recording with Composer Jeff Beal and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Repast Baroque Ensemble’s March 24, 2018 “Dresden Fireworks” Illuminated Little-Known Works and Often Overlooked Instruments – A Review by Claude Scales Review of Pianist Young-Ah Tak in Concert at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall Review of The New York Virtuoso Singers Celebrating Women Composers – Part 1 at New York’s St. Ignatius of Antioch Church Robert Cassidy’s Musings on His Pathways Solo Piano CD Rusalka at Queens College – A Review by Mark Greenfest Sacco and Vanzetti – A Review by Guy Kaldis Sergei Slonimsky’s Opera King Lear Shadows of the World – A Film by Marios Papageorgiou Songs of War, Protest, and Social Consciousness Space May Well Be The Place – It’s Sun Ra Spero Plays Nyro – A Review by James Farmingdale Summer 2014 NYC Concert Reviews and Notes Symphonic Masterpiece – Arthur Honegger’s Symphony No. 2 Symphonic Masterpiece – Gosta Nystroem’s Symphony No. 3 Symphonic Masterpiece – Henry Cowell’s Symphony No. 11 Symphonic Masterpiece – Mozetich’s Affairs of the Heart Symphonic Masterpiece – Ornette Coleman’s Skies of America Symphonic Masterpiece – Roy Harris’ Symphony No. 7 Symphonic Masterpiece – Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms Symphonic Masterpiece – Vagn Holmboe’s Symphony No. 8 “Sinfonia boreale” Symphonic Masterpieces – The Music of Goffredo Petrassi Symphonic Masterpieces – The Music of Norman Dello Joio Symphonic/Choral Masterpiece – Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 129 Tania Stavreva in Concert – A Review by Mark Greenfest Terrific Article – I Always Dated Tom Waits The Beatles Can Take It… The Beauty of Jazz Organ – Part 1 The Beauty of Jazz Piano – Part 1 The Cecilia Chorus of New York Presents Dame Ethel Smyth’s The Prison – A Review by Anastasia Khitruk The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Music Director Announces Award-winning Vocal Soloists Making Carnegie Hall Debuts in Bach’s Christmas Oratorio on December 9 The Florida Orchestra in Concert The Golden Apple – A Review by Dana Paul Perna The Illinois Philharmonic in Concert – A Review by Dana Paul Perna The Jackson Heights Orchestra in Concert – A Review by Mark Greenfest The Last of the April 2014 Concert Reviews and Notes from Mark Greenfest The Leading Composers in Denmark & Russia are 84 Years Old by Leonard Lehrman The Marc Blitzstein Plaque The Music of Joel Feigin on May 2 at NYC’s DiMenna Center for Classical Music The New York Repertory Orchestra in Concert on May 18 – A Review by Andrew Rudin The Simpsons’ Couch Gag The Sounds, Words and Sights Of an Island in the French West Indies by Leonard J. Lehrman & Helene Williams The Stan Kenton Centennial Concerts – Concert 1 – The Innovations Orchestra The Triangle Fire, an opera reviewed by Jonathan Dzik The Triangle Fire, an opera reviewed by Mark Greenfest The Winding Road to Sacco and Vanzetti by Leonard Lehrman The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 1, 2012 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 10, 2022 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 11, 2016 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 13, 2015 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 2, 2013 – The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 7, 2019 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 9, 2017 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 7, 2024 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 8, 2018 The Winners of the Ibla Grand Prize International Music Competition – Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, May 9, 2023 The World’s Best Singing Partner – Emmylou Harris Time for Some Goons Toronto Symphony Orchestra Performs in Daytona Beach, Florida – A Review by Dana Paul Perna Two CD Reviews from Dana Paul Perna Two from Samuel Beckett Two New Biographies and a Trove of CDs, by Leonard Lehrman Weill, Blitzstein, and Bernstein: A Study of Influence – A Review by Leonard Lehrman Why the Met Tannhäuser Teared Me Up by Leonard Lehrman Willa Webber’s Ave Maria Shalom Message of Peace Works of Social Consciousness – a Concert Review by Mark Zuckerman World Premiere of the Film BOSTON – Music by Jeff Beal World Premiere of Voyagers, for String Quartet and Clarinet at Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, November 28, 2017 “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, October 10, 2016, Dennis Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center/Flagler Auditorium, Palm Coast, Florida
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