Phoenix Chorale and Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy, conductor Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil (Chandos, 2015) This is one of the most beautiful pieces of choir music you’ll ever hear. You may …
Don’t Stop the Presses: Why Hollywood Loves the Newsroom
Knox County Public Library’s DVD shelves abound with lives—both fictional and real—that have been improved, maybe even saved, by a competent press. And almost anyone who walks these stacks can …
Searching for the Great Composers
British filmmaker Phil Grabsky has dedicated his career to making space in cinema for fine arts and music. You need only skim any multiplex marquee to appreciate that fine arts …
BIG EARS 2016: Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith
Read the Mercury‘s complete Big Ears 2016 coverage here. Visit the Big Ears website for the full lineup and schedule and ticket information. Vijay Iyer plays and composes for multiple instruments. He is a …
BIG EARS 2016: nief-norf
Read the Mercury‘s complete Big Ears 2016 coverage here. Visit the Big Ears website for the full lineup and schedule and ticket information. The nief-norf ensemble takes its name from a self-deprecating invented onomatopoeia …