Top Posts For AJBlogs From 12.20.15

Bringing the World’s Most Difficult Quartet to Life

The intrepid Kepler Quartet is trying to finish their recording of the complete string quartets of Ben Johnston. Ben’s health is failing rapidly, it seems, and the project has taken on a race-against-time quality. This… … read more
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2015-12-20
Visit to the High Museum of Art
Over the weekend I made my first visit to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art. I didn’t have time to check out the entire museum, and I missed an exhibit dedicated to the Hapsburg Empire.… … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2015-12-19
Urban Bush Women Channel John Coltrane

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s Urban Bush Women celebrates its 30th Anniversary. “Side B: Freed(om)” of Urban Bush Women’s Walking with ‘Trane. Foreground: Amanda Castro. At back (L to R): Stephanie Mas, Love Muwwakkil, Du’Bois A’Keen.… … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2015-12-18
Kati Agocs

Our Composition Department spent the last few weeks immersing ourselves in music by Kati Agocs, a wonderful Hungarian-by-way-of-American-by-way-of-Canadian composer.  We focused our energies on three works, at her suggestion: St. Elizabeth Bells for cello and… … read more
AJBlog: Infinite CurvesPublished 2015-12-18
Canon Fodder: Will MoMA’s New Generation of Curators Intercept Barr’s Torpedo? (with video)

If you think that the de-installation of the Museum of Modern Art’s fourth-floor permanent collection  to make way for Picasso Sculpture was a one-off, think again. That floor’s traditional survey of works from 1940 to… … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2015-12-18
Lessons to learn

Lessons to learn In my last posts — here and here — I’ve been hitting on weaknesses in some National Symphony programs, aimed at reaching a new young audience. Enough of that. Here’s something… … read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2015-12-18
The best theater of 2015

Today’s Wall Street Journal contains my best-theater-of-2015 column. Among those present: Best ensemble. I’ve yet to see a more consistently fine group of actors than the five women who appeared in Danai Gurira’s “Eclipsed,” which… … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2015-12-18
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