Archive - Evenings with the Orchestra

Mr. Bojangles With a Bow

A dense compendium from Brooklyn Rider and a magnetic debut from Owls

Aug 20 •

Sounds of the City II

JACK Quartet, GUNK, Quatuor Bozzini

Aug 17 •

A short story by my subconscious

Aug 13 •

Concert Diary I

Roomful of Teeth, SUM SUN, Brooklyn Rider, Editrix

Aug 10 •

Drift Party Report

And on being yourself, kinda

Aug 6 •

"Readable Even by the Deaf"

Toward a literary music criticism for the people

Aug 3 •

July 2025

Alt and Confused

Five young critics on the future of music criticism

Jul 27 •

Smiling at no memory in particular. Smiling at the memory of this.

Jul 25 •

Playing Changes

An interview with Ellen Arkbro

Jul 17 •

June 2025

Stuck in the Middle with Bach

On the Brandenburg Concertos

Jun 23 •

Someone to Watch Over Me

Dispatch from Washington

Jun 17 •

May 2025

When I was 27, as I am now, I missed an opportunity to write about the French in Williamsburg.

May 30 •

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