A brief journey into the timeless world of Meredith Monk

Meredith Monk performs Indra's Net at Park Avenue Armory

Indra’s Net at Park Avenue Armory

By Kurt Gottschalk, 26 September 2024

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“a ritual that’s alien but never alienating”

Reviewed at Park Avenue Armory, New York City on 23 September 2024

Monk, Indra's Net

Yoshio Yabara, Costume Designer, Set Designer

Joe Levasseur, Lighting Designer

Daniel Neumann, Sound Design

Meredith Monk, Video

Jorge Morales Picó, Projection Design

Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble

Meredith Monk's 50th composiversary at Carnegie Hall

Jacob Slattery, 2nd May

Meredith Monk celebrated her 50th composiversary with a thoughtful look across her eclectic catalog of compositions, beginning with her first songs in the late 1960s to present compositions just gaining attention.

*****

Voices, voices in space, and spaces: Thoughts on 50 years of Meredith Monk

Rebecca Lentjes, 22nd March

Carnegie’s Zankel Hall hosts a four and a half hour celebration of the work of Meredith Monk.

*****

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Petr Popelka delivers a thrilling opening for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 12th May

With Petr Popelka on the podium, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra brings a native feel and colorful exuberance to a cultural icon.

****1

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

Era-defining string sound in the Liverpool Phil’s Mahler 9

Rohan Shotton, 10th May

Domingo Hindoyan nears his five-year anniversary at the RLPO with Mahler's Ninth Symphony.

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

A brief journey into the timeless world of Meredith Monk at Park Avenue Armory