LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey hears Cécile McLorin Salvant at Princeton
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Cécile McLorin Salvant, VocalsAlexander Hall, Princeton University, New Jersey, 9 October “The applause of them that judge, is the […]
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LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey experiences Joyce DiDonato: EDEN
BY JEFFREY CHARLES PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Joyce DiDonato: EDENPresented by Princeton University ConcertsRichardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1 February The year […]
Eric Whitacre’s touching choral work is “not sparkling, not epic, just real”
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor Eric Whitacre is one of today’s most popular and intriguing musicians. His acclaimed choral […]
What it feels like to perform internationally after two years
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE Back in 2019, Jeffrey Palmer wrote about the Music in the Alps Festival. This was before the pandemic brought international concert tours […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey goes to see Björk in San Francisco
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT Björk: CornucopiaChase Center, San Francisco, California, 5 February Björk is one of those artists who emerge once in a […]
These are the women in music who inspire us
BY THE CUTCOMMON TEAM This March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we got thinking about those who inspire us most — from performers […]
EVENTS // Jeffrey Palmer and Irena Portenko at Carnegie Hall
CONTENT COURTESY JEFFREY PALMER Countertenor Jeffrey Palmer and pianist Irena Portenko explore the concept of “hygge” — a Nordic word for “cozy” — through music. This eclectic program […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey sees the Merz Trio (with wine)
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT The Merz Trio SalonMerz TrioLoreto Theatre, Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, 24 September On a deliciously warm, early […]
Making music in the ridiculously beautiful Austrian Alps
BY JEFFREY PALMER, UNITED STATES CORRESPONDENT On a bright August morning, I awoke in my hotel room to the distant, pulsing sound of rushing water. […]
LIVE REVIEW // Jeffrey sees Yann Tiersen
BY JEFFREY PALMER Yann TiersenInternational tourBeacon Theatre, New York, 28 May Known largely for his compositions for cinema, namely the whimsical film Amélie, Yann Tiersen […]