Musically Speaking |
Musically Speaking is the beginning of many sentences in my day to day. Very often musicians find themselves having to explain what it is they do. In general, people are so busy that music exists on t... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:30:00 PST |
Jazz Without the Club Scene |
The obvious answer to "why should I come uptown to hear jazz" is to point to its ubiquitous nature and many advocates of all ages. No longer the music of the night it has long since migrated from the ... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:14:00 PST |
Sylvie Courvoisier and Margaret Leng Tan |
The Kaufman Center presents the first concert of the inaugural series, PIANOPLY, featuring MARGARET LENG TAN and SYLVIE COURVOISIER. Margaret Leng Tan will be joined by composer Stephen Montague in hi... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:36:00 PST |
Der Schall In New York 3/18/2008 |
Join us for the only American performance of Mauricio Kagel's Der Schall in history. The title means "The Work" in German and as you will see, it's quite a bit of work as five musicians make their way... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:29:00 PST |
Anthony Coleman meets counter)induction |
Anthony Coleman has written a piece this year for Merkin entitled Flat Narrative that will receive its world premiere on March 18, 2008 on a program based on the idea of reinvention. The music either ... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:01:00 PST |
Mauricio Kagel |
While sitting down last evening with Anthony Coleman and my friend Karin to translate directions in the score of Mauricio Kagel's Der Schall I realized the beauty of details and how sometimes they ar... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:56:00 PST |
Music Coverage |
Hat's Off New York New York Magazine has been writing profiles of "serious" music composers with a slant toward the popular side of the musical coin. Two of the most recent ones are Sufjan Stevens... Posted by Merkin Concert Hall on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:28:00 PST |