Notations 21: Breaking the Boundaries

I went with my friend Liz to the Chelsea Art Museum yesterday for the second performance in the “Notations 21” concert series. I guess the common thread of this exhibit and series is “innovative notation” where the musical notation itself is a work of art (see the above image) just as much as the music Read More …

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded

Last night I popped my Carnegie Hall cherry and saw their festival chorus presentation of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Stern Auditorium is quite majestic, and I enjoyed my balcony view perspective of the stage and the other balconies. Good people watching. It struck me that though longer, part 2 of the Passion seemed to move Read More …