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John Zorn in New York Reviewed


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From NYTimes.com:

On the title page of the score of “The Aristos,” John Zorn’s 2014 piano trio of “ten metaphysical ambiguities,” the composer quotes T. S. Eliot: “We shall not cease from exploration/And the end of all our exploring/Will be to arrive where we started/And know the place for the first time.” Let’s hope this old downtown maverick’s exploring doesn’t end anytime soon. As the distinction between uptown and downtown music has become outdated, Mr. Zorn’s work has moved into the city’s most prominent institutions. Combine a program entitled “John Zorn’s Sacred Visions” at the Cloisters museum last Saturday with a Miller Theater Pop-Up Concert on Wednesday, and you had a mini-Zornathon.


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