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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2009-02-14 10:08
I'm in New York for a week (1st time for me). What should a clarinetist really not miss in this great city?
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Author: DixieSax
Date: 2009-02-14 12:19
1) The Buffet showroom
2) Roberto's Woodwinds
3) Catch a Broadway production, and/or some live music.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2009-02-14 12:58
Unfortunately, the box office site says that the concert is sold out. You might get tickets by showing up and trying for returns or looking for people with extra tickets. Merkin Hall has only 450 seats, but then again, a woodwind concert is not the hottest ticket in town.
Liquorice - If you'd like to get together for dinner, please email me.
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2009-02-14 13:00)
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Author: larryb
Date: 2009-02-14 13:26
Cuban-Chinese food (Comidas Chinas y Criollas). A good place is La Caridad on Broadway and 78th Street.
Tap water.
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Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2009-02-14 14:50
Check out Carnagie Hall, many visiting orchestras play there and they have something going on almost every night. We played there a few months ago. ESP www.peabody.jhu.edu/457
PS. Do you know Herb Geller, I think he is from Rye?
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Author: brycon
Date: 2009-02-14 20:17
If you only see one thing in NYC, make it the lamb and rice stand at 53rd and
6th Ave (after 7pm). Joe's Pizza in the Village is also very good.
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2009-02-14 21:15
Thanks a lot for all your suggestions! I'll try and see as many of them as possible.
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Author: weberfan
Date: 2009-02-14 21:48
Liquorice,
That's great. You might check the Web sites for Juilliard, Mannes and the Manhattan School of Music. Each offers frequent concerts (student and professional) on weekdays and weekends. They're usually inexpensive or free of charge.
For theater, check the Time's listings for Off-Broadway. Off-Broadway theater, musical or otherwise, is likely to be priced a bit better and the houses are more intimate. For example,see what's at Playwrights Horizons on West 42d Street. There are plenty of theaters along theater row, west of Eighth Avenue. There are great spaces downtown, too.
For Broadway (and if it's not too cold to stand in line) try the TKTS booth in Duffy Square (47th at Broadway/Seventh Avenue). You'll get good discounts. And in this economy, there ought to be plenty of tickets available.
By the way, if you need a place to practice, Roberto's Winds (mentioned above) on West 46th Street rents hourly studio time for as little as $10 or $12 .
chuck
Post Edited (2009-02-14 21:50)
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Author: DougR
Date: 2009-02-15 01:31
In no particular order:
If you have time & are so inclined, write for audience tickets for Letterman and the Daily Show. Visiting Lincoln Center and/or Juilliard, stop in the Juilliard store (cd's, books on music, music stationery etc.) temporarily located in a blue shipping container by the Juilliard entrance on W. 66th St.--bring someone home a Juilliard t-shirt! Rub shoulders with all the bright young hopefuls! Attend a student recital (free & open to the public; ditto for drama division student performances, check the website). Visit the Library for the Performing Arts, listen/watch rare archival musical/theatrical material (link: http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html) Visit the Frick, the Metropolitan Museum, the Cloisters! See ANY live musical (the TKTS suggestion is a good one) and hear superb reed playing from the best in the business! Visit the Paley Center for Media (formerly Museum of Radio/TV) and see/hear rare archival broadcast musical performances from the early days of radio & television! Visit the USS Intrepid, a WWII aircraft carrier with a collection of planes, exhibits, and a panoramic view of the NY waterfront (not musical, just way cool)! Visit Roberto's and Chadash! Check the websites for the Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Village Vanguard (a landmark!) see who's playing! Take the Circle Line cruise around Manhattan (not musical or clarinetistic but a don't-miss, in my view)!
And then on the SECOND day you're here, you could.........
seriously, if i think of anything else, I'll post it.
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2009-02-15 05:32
Here are some things I liked most in NY:
Just walking for a while in the streets. Whether you like the city or not depends on you, but it's really unique.
Also you never know who will be playing in the street. A friend of mine told me a couple of months ago players from the Philharmonic were playing for free in the park (I think Mozart clarinet quintet). I also saw some great music by street musicians there.
Broadway shows. Most were great, some were especially good, some weren't good at all, but even those had some things that made them worth it.
Also check jazz clubs like Village Vanguard for example. They almost always have something.
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Author: Clip
Date: 2009-02-15 14:10
There's a diner in Tribeca called Bubby's which I quite liked.
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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2009-02-16 20:19
Thanks for all your suggestions. I'm realising that a week is not nearly enough!
I did get to the concert at Merkin. Pascual Martinez Forteza sounded very good in the Rossini quartet, although I don't really like the piece much. But Mark Nuccio completely blew me away wih his beautiful tone and musicality in the Zemlinsky trio. I'm really glad I went!
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