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Tag: Bargemusic

  • Classical Music in New York

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    Frederic Rzewski via last.fm The New Yorker previews some upcoming shows: BARGEMUSIC Under the leadership of the violinist Mark Peskanov, the floating chamber-music series has gone in for new music in a big way. The brash young Fireworks Ensemble (featuring the guitarist Oren Fader and the flutist Elizabeth Janzen) takes the stage for four concerts,…

  • At Bargemusic, Real Quiet Plays ‘Varied Trio’

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    The Real Quiet trio is reviewed. Of the four pieces that the trio Real Quiet played at Bargemusic on Wednesday night, only one, Lou Harrison’s “Varied Trio,” was not written expressly for the group. Small wonder: The trio, which includes Andrew Russo, a pianist, Felix Fan, a cellist, and David Cossin, a percussionist, hardly adheres…