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Anthony Roth Costanzo sings mediations on the beautiful and the mortal in a Brooklyn cemetery

Sae Hashimoto and Anthony Roth Costanzo
© Steven Pisano
Sae Hashimoto
© Steven Pisano
Anthony Roth Costanzo
© Steven Pisano
By Kurt Gottschalk, 24 July 2022
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“time has a tendency to hang out at graveyards”
Reviewed at Green-Wood Cemetery Catacombs, Brooklyn on 21 July 2022
Programme
Siegel, Watching Birds at the End of the World (World premiere)
Performers
Anthony Roth Costanzo, Countertenor
Sae Hashimoto, Vibraphone
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Anthony Roth Costanzo's multidisciplinary project arrives at the BBC Proms in the grungy, industrial space of Printworks London, but music seems a long way down the pecking order. 
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Kurt Gottschalk
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.