"I wished she were here to listen to it and hear a lot of comments from people of how much they connect to the music. I think that would have meant a lot for her. "
Tiler Peck curates and performs in "Ballet Festival: Jerome Robbins"
A deluxe listing featuring two top picks!
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho performs two Ravel concerti at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel
"What is important is to see if you can find any shred of the man inside that kind of myth."
"He was just as famous as Shostakovich, if not more so, when he was alive."
The Tyshawn Sorey Trio play this year's Newport Jazz Festival
Welcome to the last weekend in July and to New In Music This Week: July 25th. This week I have a diverse line-up of recordings to choose from. They all have something unique to offer.
My top pick for New In Music This...
"It's a new technique for me in composition, which is to take text and to use that text as if I were setting it to be sung, but it's never sung."
"It's a jukebox musical, for God's sake. Yet it goes to a very rich, fertile, dark, joyful place."