Catching Up, As Always: Recent Listening In Brief

AJBlogs Posted: October 31, 2018 11:54 am

Randy Waldman, Superheroes (BFM Jazz)
Kate McGarry, The Subject Tonight Is Love (Binxtown Records)

Burnishing Bertoldo: The Frick Spotlights Donatello’s Pupil/Michelangelo’s Teacher (with video)
Bertoldo di Giovanni, a favorite of Lorenzo de’ Medici and now the subject of a compact but comprehensive Frick Collection survey (to Jan. 12), is ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2019-09-22
This Week’s Top Audience Stories: Crowdfunding And Leaving Your Audience In The Dark
This Week’s Insights: Why crowdfunding might not be the answer… Will audiences buy tickets to orchestra programs they don’t know about?… No surprise: audiences ... read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts AudiencePublished 2019-09-22
Recent Listening: Kerry Politzer’s Diagonal
Kerry Politzer, Diagonal: A Tribute To Durval Ferreira The pianist recruits several of her talented Pacific Northwest colleagues for this album of pieces by a ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2019-09-21
Why Did American Classical Music “Stay White” — Take Two
William Dawson Picking up on my American Scholar piece, Tom Huizenga of National Public Radio interviewed me about the fate of black classical music – ... read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2019-09-21
Recent Listening: Richard Boukas, Louis Arques, Via Brazil
Richard Boukas is an educator, composer, and guitarist who teaches at the New School for Performing Arts in New York City. Among other things, he ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2019-09-20
N.O. Mustill: Master Collagist Before My (NY) Times
May we compare images? One appeared today, the other appeared in 1967. One is a great photoshopped illustration. Which is the work of art? Is ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2019-09-20
Putting Arthur Miller through Bedlam’s Crucible
In today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Massachusetts opening of Bedlam’s new revival of The Crucible. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Sixty-six years ago, ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-20
Replay: Leopold Stokowski conducts Bach in Hollywood
Leopold Stokowski conducts a studio orchestra in his arrangements of Bach’s Chorale-Prelude “Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott,” BWV 720, and the G Minor “Little” Fugue, ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-20
Almanac: Thomas Harris on faith
“Faith in any sort of natural justice was nothing but a night-light; she knew that. Whatever she did, she would end the same way everyone ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-20
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-19
Almanac: Thomas Harris on men and women
“She liked sex very much, but years ago she had learned something about men; most of them are terrified of entailing a burden.” Thomas Harris, Red ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-19
Snapshot: Harry Nilsson sings “1941”
Harry Nilsson sings a solo version of his song “1941.” This performance is an excerpt from The World of Nilsson, originally telecast by the BBC on ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-18
Almanac: Roger Scruton on hobbies
“Just as there is nothing more boring than boredom, nothing more exciting than excitement, nothing more lovable than love or hateful than hatred, so is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-18
The Chasm of Disbelief
Think you (or your organization) don’t understand the people you are trying to reach? If you are talking about people other than your current ... read more
AJBlog: Engaging MattersPublished 2019-09-17
Lookback: on outliving old friends
From 2004: None of my closest friends in Manhattan knew me when: we didn’t meet until after I’d figured out who I was and what ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-17
Almanac: Thomas Harris on middle age
“It seemed to Graham that he had learned nothing in forty years: he had just gotten tired.” Thomas Harris, Red Dragon ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-17
Just because: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Ravel
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Ravel’s “Le Gibet” (from Gaspard de la nuit) on TV in 1975: (This is the latest in a series of arts- ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2019-09-16