AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 15hTonight was some hilarious improv puppetry with Brian Henson and company 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And apparently Mayor Mamdani was at the show, but I had no idea. No extra security or anything. www.facebook.com/share/r/19Na...facebook.com 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This performance of Golijov's Azul was incredible, one of the most beautiful and amazing things I've ever heard. It's a pity they're only doing the one show so I can't go back and hear it again... 330
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Turns out from the outside it looks like a normal accordion, albeit with a cord connecting it to a box with knobs and such. Seems it has stereo microphones inside the bellows that are then processed? Anyways, it sounded more like an organ than an accordion which was cool. 110
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Tonight is the NYPhil with Yo-Yo Ma for some Golijov. Not sure how I ended up in row D, but I guess I'll have a good view of whatever a hyper-accordion is. 240
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tonight is Mannes Opera's Suor Angelica, performed in a beautiful (and very large) church, with an appropriate organ 030
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Back in Carnegie Hall after its September hiatus, for some delightful chamber music with the Camerata Nordica Octet 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Last night was a spelling bee, though with more music than I remember from my own middle school spelling bees. 040
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And tonight, some contemporary classics and soundpainting with MSM's Tactus Ensemble 021
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026And the evening concluded with cool new works written and performed by members of the Wet Ink Ensemble 120
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Starting the evening with some ambient organ and electronics with Chalemagne Palestine 000
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Gotta love when the weekend subway route changes are so complicated the train's information system just gives up. (But also, the weekend route maps in the app now are fantastic...) 030
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This afternoon is Lise Davidsen and Quinn Kelsey in Macbeth 060
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Tania Leon and the Adagietto movement of the Mahler, and then Golijov's Azul with Yo-Yo Ma 100
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It was fantastic (even the part where a truck's back-up beeper joined in during one of the quiet parts). I'll be hearing a chunk of that NYPhil program next week. 110
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Tonight is an album release concert for the latest volume of Claire Chase's Density 2036 project featuring Terry Riley's Holy Liftoff, with the JACK Quartet. 120
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Checked out the tarot exhibit at the Morgan Library before their tarot-inspired concert curated by Victoria Bond 262
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Now I'm imagining Winnie the Pooh getting his head stuck in a centrifuge, and that does not have a happy ending... 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The evening began with an amazing Juilliard Rush Hour performance, which was a surprising capacity crowd for Stockhausen, Oliveros, Feldman, and Andriessen. And now I'm upstairs for a celebration of Steve Reich's 90th. 030
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Started the afternoon with some fabulous Baroque chamber music with Repast, and now for some much newer music with the Nu Quintet. 110
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This afternoon was a delightful mix of improvisation, Japanese pieces, and Rhapsody in Blue (for solo piano) with Ryota Kikuchi. And now tonight is New York Polyphony's 20th anniversary concert. 011
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Tonight was a fun and funny survey of music from Bach to rock with Nat Zegree, followed by some late-night ramen and katsu curry at Lucky Cat 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tonight is three versions of Katherine Young's BIOMES with some excellent performers including one of my faves, Yarn/Wire 020
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The NYPhil season begins tonight with a nice program of Prokofiev and John Adams and a premiere by Zosha Di Castri 130
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Tonight is a second annual 80th birthday bash for Itzhak Perlman. Should be fun! 030
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Tonight is a fun program of Russian works for piano four-hands in a lovely loft apartment. I used to love banging out a piano transcription of the 1812, so very much looking forward to this new four-hand version. 070
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Tonight is the first night of the amazing Graphic Content Festival celebrating the centennials of Morton Feldman and Earle Brown. Tonight is the Orange Road Quartet and Matthew Shultheis with Feldman's "Piano and String Quartet" along with choreography by Annie Nikunen. 000
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I appreciate that new editions of Train Sim World carry over DLC from older editions, but this install size is getting a bit ridiculous.... 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I always enjoy meeting the creators in FFXIV's annual Rising event, but this year was especially nice as we met the composers. Did make me sad that I wasn't able to snag a ticket to the con-TIKI show at Zankel this year, but hopefully they'll be back. 021
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After a quiet two weeks, the fall concert season kicks off with countertenor Carlo Vistoli in the beautiful Board of Officers room at the Armory 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The one indie film that looks like little kids made it goes viral, but if there were a second nobody would care: www.globaltimes.cn/page/202608/...globaltimes.cnChinese animated film ‘Niu Lai’ becomes unexpected global hit, surpassing 45 million yuan at box officeChinese animated film Niu Lai, initially mocked online for its 163
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Well, you can if you are extremely stupid: nypost.com/2026/09/01/b...nypost.comSilicon Valley billionaire got root canal without Novocaine to see if he was a ‘badass’Billionaire venture capitalist Doug Leone once underwent a root canal without Novocaine — deliberately putting himself through the excruciating procedure to find out whether he was really a &… 022
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Tonight is a fun selection of arias from Spanish zarzuelas and operas, and a newish piece in celebration of European unity 040
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Today is a fun assortment of works for the unusual instrumentation of Loadbang (baritone, trumpet, trombone, and bass clarinet) 020
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Tonight is an exciting program of Sofia Gubaidulina for solos and duos 030
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Seems like we're both having better luck with the weather this time! 110
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Tonight is the Whitney Biennial's off-site at Little Island, Marina by Julio Torres & Martina Gutierrez. 040
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Yep, I saw you up there. I've sat there for a couple of NYPhil shows, and it can be kind of intense... 100
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Night 2 with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, tonight joined by the Met Chorus for what will be the first of two Verdi Requiems I'm hearing this season. 120
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026First of two nights with the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, joined tonight by Lise Davidson for Strauss's Four Last Songs 240
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Another fantastic year of the TIME:SPANS festival concludes tonight with the Talea Ensmble 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I'm definitely looking forward to her Rautavaara with the NYPhil in January! 200
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 22/08/2026For the penultimate evening of TIME:SPANS, Alarm Will Sound play Georg Friedrich Haas's political classic In Vain 010
AndyHat @andyhat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026No TIME:SPANS tonight, so listening to something a little jazzier, as Hiromi plays her Piano Quintet with the PUBLIQuartet at the Blue Note 030
