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  • Harris Eisenstadt In April

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    From Improvised Communications: After a four-week residency in March at IBeam with his nonet, Woodblock Prints, drummer/composer Harris Eisenstandt is taking a break from leading his own bands in April, but you can still catch him performing in New York with others throughout the month. 04/03: Saris, The Stone 04/05: Korea 21: Music Here and…

  • Olivier Messiaen at 100 at Symphony Space

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    Image via Wikipedia From NYTimes.com: Olivier Messiaen’s centenary celebrations have made his music more plentiful than usual this season, but it’s not as if his works were neglected at other times. Organists play his challenging, visionary music regularly, and if the orchestral works could stand greater exposure, the chamber and vocal scores have become staples…