December 31, 2012 Uccello at Bargemusic “Next, the Mahavishnu tune “Open Country Joy,” from that group’s Birds of Fire album. Andrea Stewart slapped and drummed on a battered cello to […]
April 20, 2011 Like maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy, cello virtuoso Haimovitz is as au fait with Jimi Hendrix as J.S. Bach. This highly eclectic program features his groundbreaking cello octet […]
December 13, 2010 Matt Haimovitz is finishing off a landmark birthday year, and so is his instrument. The Montreal-based cellist, celebrated for his spirited approach to genre-bending and performance, is […]
December 10, 2010 After establishing an auspicious but fairly conventional career as a cello soloist, Matt Haimovitz began around 2000 to broaden the scope of his playing to include more […]
December 3, 2010 Back in the Roaring Twenties, Paul Whiteman wanted to make a decent lady out of jazz by introducing what would go down into history as Symphonic Jazz. […]
