Classical
Peral Music: Universal Group Gives Conductor and Pianist Daniel Barenboim a Vanity iTunes Label for Bruckner Early Symphonies, Stravinsky's Rite
New Museum Offers Multifaceted Music Performances in May, Roberto Cuoghi and Ragnar Kjartansson Featured
This month, Lower Manhattan's New Museum, a soundproof structure, will premiere the "chants of an imagined ancient lament" on the various floors of the building. The production is supposed to transport modern-day New Yorkers back to ancient Assyria in the year 612 B.C. But it continues. On another floor, ten strumming guitar troubadours will sit (or stand) on furniture to emulate the famous sex scene from a 1977 Icelandic cult film. LIVESTREAM: Billy Crystal Hosts Jazz at Lincoln Center's 'Love, Loss & Laughter: The Story of Jazz'
Billy Crystal has quite the hosting resume. And to add to his various accolades, he will take on Jazz at Lincoln Center's latest Love, Loss & Laughter: The Story of Jazz. Even better? The event will receive a live (and free) simulcast from JALC, happening Thursday, May 1 at 7 p.m. EST.