February 07, 2012 Shuffle.Play.Listen – when an album name comes with such specific instructions, a larger point is trying to be made. And in the Matt Haimowitz/Christopher O’Riley case file, […]
February 06, 2012 Christopher O’Riley, prolific musician and host of the NPR program From The Top is joining cellist Matt Haimovitz for a tour in support of their latest collaboration, […]
February 01, 2012 The winds of change certainly blew through the Perimeter Institute’s Event Horizons program this season. Previously, we had
January 31, 2012 Perhaps best known for the NPR series From The Top, musician Christopher O’Riley is far more in-tune with music than most of the world. Not only does […]
January 29, 2012 Macalester College plays host to one of the most eclectic musicians of his generation when cellist Matt Haimovitz visits the campus as part of the New Music […]
January 22, 2012 Cello magician Matt Haimovitz and pianist extraordinaire Chris O’Riley tackle diverse superstars ranging from Stravinsky to the Cocteau Twins on their latest disc, the mindblowing Shuffle.Play.Listen. Whut? […]
January 20, 2012 I never dreamed I would hear a concert at the Performing Arts Center that would juxtapose Hitchcock movie scores, good jazz fusion, esoteric avant garde classical compositions […]
January 19, 2012 Cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley have invented a format aimed directly at anyone who has fiddled with an iPod. They call it “Shuffle. Play. Listen.” […]
January 18, 2012 ALL MUSIC CREATES communities of fans, and those fans who gather together create subcultures, each with their own aesthetic style, language and social codes. There has been […]
January 13, 2012 IF any artists were destined to collaborate, it was surely this pair. Matt Haimovitz, a thoughtful and passionate cellist, veered away from the straight-and-narrow career path of […]
January 11, 2012 It was probably only a matter of time before Christopher O’Riley, a classical pianist who has performed the work of Radiohead and Elliott Smith, met up with […]
January 09, 2012 What’s the difference between the music of Janácek and that of the Canadian indie-rock band Arcade Fire? To hear Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley tell it, not […]
January 04, 2012 It’s not often that classical pianists have indie-rock followers, but Christopher O’Riley has held the attention of cool kids since releasing a pair of tributes to Radiohead: […]
January 04, 2012 Anyone who thinks the lines between classical and pop music are crisp and easily drawn is reckoning without the innovative spirit of cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist […]
January 02, 2012 When was the last time you picked up a CD two-fer that gathered Herrmann, Janacek, and Stravinsky along with Radiohead, the Cocteau Twins, and John McLaughlin? Never, […]
December 31, 2011 No. 1 Matt Haimovitz and Christopher O’Riley, Shuffle.Play.Listen/Todd Reynolds, Outerborough: Tied because they are so closely related and so very fine. There are musical and stylistic differences, […]
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