Picnic Cantata / Dinner at Eight

Notes on the Program by Steven Blier for Picnic Cantata / Dinner at Eight February 21, 2017 at Merkin Concert Hall. Buy tickets here > SIX PACKETS OF OATMEAL In the past several seasons, NYFOS has been lucky enough to present three songs cycles by Gabriel Kahane:...
Song of the Day:  September 25

Song of the Day: September 25

This is our final post from guest DJ Mark Campbell. Thank you, Mark!  Next week: NYFOS Co-founder Michael Barrett! Did You Ever Cross Over to Sneden’s? Music and lyrics by Alec Wilder TGIF. After all the heavy songs on my list this week, I now feature one that had no...
Song of the Day:  September 24

Song of the Day: September 24

from librettist Mark Campbell: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Music by Samuel Barber; text by James Agee I know this is not a “song.” But this is my week, not yours. I first heard this work in 1989 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer—and continued listening to it...
Song of the Day: September 23

Song of the Day: September 23

from librettist Mark Campbell: Being Alive Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim I had to include a Sondheim song this week. Had to. “Being Alive” is not necessarily my favorite song from the Sondheim canon—but I have to admit that in my long and varied romantic life,...