Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered Clavier” are among the highlights.
Category: Music
-
Hollywood Bowl Names Its Stage for John Williams
The celebrated venue dedicated its stage to the composer for “Star Wars,” “Jurassic Park” and other blockbusters, a first in the bowl’s 103 years.
-
In This Rarely Seen Tchaikovsky Opera, Joan of Arc Speaks for Herself
The composer had grand hopes that “The Maid of Orleans,” with its battle scenes, rousing choruses and fiery finale, would be the making of him. It didn’t work out that way.
-
The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes
Thousands of musicians — civilians, veterans, teenagers, retirees — are playing taps at military funerals in a rebuke of technology.
-
How ‘The Disintegration Loops’ Saved William Basinski’s Life
The composer’s ambient masterwork, created from disintegrating magnetic tape, became synonymous with 9/11. When he made it, his own life was falling apart.
-
A Force Behind Timothée Chalamet, Charli XCX & Other Megastars of the Moment
Timothée Chalamet, Charli XCX and Billie Eilish are among those who trust Aidan Zamiri, a director and photographer, with their images.
-
Rod Wave, Hip-Hop Artist, Arrested on Drug and Weapons Charges
The rapper, whose real name is Rodarius Green, was released on an $8,000 bond. His lawyers said he had been “unjustly profiled.”
-
Review: Raphaël Pichon Puts a Twist on Beethoven’s Ninth
Raphaël Pichon led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in a take on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that, with an added prelude, unfurled as a barrage of ideas.
-
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Alto Saxophone
Almost no other instrument seems so synonymous with jazz as the sax. Listen to some classic alto playing from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Stitt and more greats.
-
How Tish and Snooky Bellomo, the Manic Panic Sisters, Spend a Day Rocking Out
Tish and Snooky Bellomo are still creating wild hair dye colors for the brand, which took off in the 1980s. But they also make time for harp lessons, Italian dinners and the sauna.
-
Japanese Breakfast Performs at T Magazine
For the series Live From the 10th Floor, T Magazine enlists artists to play songs, read monologues or showcase snippets of a larger work at the magazine’s Midtown headquarters. Here, Michelle Zauner and Peter Bradley of the band Japanese Breakfast perform their single “My Baby (Got Nothing at All)” from the film “Materialists.”
-
Watch Japanese Breakfast Perform in The New York Times Office
On an otherwise normal workday at T Magazine, the musicians Michelle Zauner and Peter Bradley gave a rendition of “My Baby (Got Nothing at All).”