Apr 23 Blog Tiny Desk: The Calidore String Quartet If just one thing can be confirmed from these compelling Tiny Desk performances by the Calidore String Quartet, it should be that the centuries-old formula – two violins, a viola and a cello – is still very much alive and evolving. Indeed, an impromptu show of hands in the audience before the concert began revealed […] By Tom Huizenga Apr 23 Blog Tiny Desk: The Calidore String Quartet By Tom Huizenga
Apr 16 Blog Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’ The young composer's opera, which debuted at the Los Angeles Opera, was inspired by her own experience as a survivor of sexual assault. By Tom Huizenga Apr 16 Blog Readjusting Your Reality: Ellen Reid Wins Music Pulitzer For ‘P r i s m’ By Tom Huizenga
Feb 08 Blog Jeremy Denk Maps Centuries of Music History on ‘c.1300-c.2000’ Hear the resourceful pianist trace 700 years of Western music, from the delicate medieval counterpoint of Guillaume de Machaut to the minimalism of Philip Glass. By Tom Huizenga Feb 08 Blog Jeremy Denk Maps Centuries of Music History on ‘c.1300-c.2000’ By Tom Huizenga
Jan 21 Blog Revisiting The Pioneering Composer Florence Price A new recording spotlights the tenacious composer, who was the first African-American woman to have her work performed by a major symphony orchestra. By Tom Huizenga Jan 21 Blog Revisiting The Pioneering Composer Florence Price By Tom Huizenga
Aug 31 Blog Aloft In Translation: The Myriad Sides Of Bill Murray Backed by a classical trio, the beloved actor and comedian belts out Bernstein and Gershwin and recites American poetry and prose. By Tom Huizenga Aug 31 Blog Aloft In Translation: The Myriad Sides Of Bill Murray By Tom Huizenga
Mar 28 Blog Caroline Shaw’s Helping ‘Hands’ Riffing off a Baroque cantata, the Pulitzer-winner creates a beautiful and luminous musical balm. By Tom Huizenga Mar 28 Blog Caroline Shaw’s Helping ‘Hands’ By Tom Huizenga
Feb 23 Blog Leontyne Price At 90: The Voice We Still Love To Talk About Sherrill Milnes calls it "an avalanche of sound." Jessye Norman says it's "a cloud filled with silver." Singers and critics talk about the amazing voice of Leontyne Price on her 90th birthday. By Tom Huizenga Feb 23 Blog Leontyne Price At 90: The Voice We Still Love To Talk About By Tom Huizenga