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Peter Asher performing his autobiographical show at Feinstein's.

Music Review

An Inside Take on the British Invasion

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

In his autobiographical show at Feinstein’s, Peter Asher, the Peter of Peter and Gordon, tells tales of his life at the center of the British music scene in the 1960s.

The Velvet Unknown, Now Emerging

By BEN SISARIO

Angus MacLise, an original member of the Velvet Underground, didn’t achieve the prominence of others in that group, but a new exhibition suggests he was an influential force in the 1960s.

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Theater Review | 'Carson McCullers Talks About Love'

The Alienated Souls Whisperer

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

“Carson McCullers Talks About Love,” Suzanne Vega’s mixture of nightclub act and theater piece at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, is a funky ramble through McCullers’s life.

May 5, 2011 5:44 PM ET

Levine Withdraws From Met's Thursday Performance

James Levine has withdrawn from Thursday night's performance of "Walkure" because of illness, the Metropolitan Opera said.

May 5, 2011 4:59 PM ET

Popcast: Can Tyler Create a Career?

Jon Caramanica talks about the evolution and career prospects of Tyler, the Creator of Odd Future, and Dana Jennings discusses Emmylou Harris.

May 5, 2011 1:03 PM ET

'American Idol' Top 5: Competition Triumph or Career Success?

Scotty McCreery has gone from "American Idol" front-runner to behaving like a Nashville star on his third album.

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Music Review

New York Philharmonic Lisa Batiashvili playing with the orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall.

Renderings Energetic and Brash

By ALLAN KOZINN

The New York Philharmonic performed Bartok’s Second Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony at Avery Fisher Hall.

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra opens the Spring for Music festival at Carnegie Hall on Friday.

A Festival Built for Risky Business

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

Spring for Music, a new annual series of symphony and chamber orchestras that opens on Friday at Carnegie Hall, is based on inventive programming.

Charles Dutoit conducting works for ballet and opera-oratorio on Tuesday at Isaac Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall.

A Stravinksy Program With Ancient Inspiration

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Under the cloud of bankruptcy, the Philadelphia Orchestra continues to perform challenging programs, including works by Stravinsky at Carnegie Hall on Tuesday.

Critic’s Notebook

An ‘Idol’ Judge Heeds Her Tips

By JON CARAMANICA

As an “American Idol” judge, Jennifer Lopez understands the star-making businesses, a talent reflected in her new album, “Love?”

ArtsBeat: 'American Idol' Top 5

Abroad

Daniel Barenboim brought musicians from European orchestras to the Mathaf Cultural House in Gaza on Tuesday for a free concert.

Mozart Leaps Perilous Hurdles to Reach an Audience in Gaza

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

Daniel Barenboim, the Israeli conductor, led an orchestra of two dozen elite musicians into Gaza Tuesday.

Music Review

Some Off-the-Edge Songs, Placed Front and Center

By ALLAN KOZINN

The Nyfos Next series focused on experimental works, including some set to texts by Hunter S. Thompson.

Music Review

The Airborne Toxic Event The band's lead singer, Mikel Jollett, far left, and Noah Harmon, on bass, at Mercury Lounge.

Stripped Down to a Bigger Sound

By NATE CHINEN

The Airborne Toxic Event delivered driving punk lines at its Mercury Lounge concert on Tuesday night. The group is touring in support of its second studio album, “All at Once.”

Music Review

Jennifer Johnson Cano The mezzo-soprano, accompanied by Christopher Cano on piano, at Merkin Hall.

Virginia Woolf’s Words, a Singer’s Voice

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, makes her New York recital debut at Merkin Concert Hall.

Music Review

Violinists Wander Into Bartok, and Well Off the Beaten Path

By ZACHARY WOOLFE

Works by Bartok formed the core of a recital by Christian Tetzlaff and Antje Weithaas.

Music Review

From left, Cheryl Seltzer, Renée Jolles, Moran Katz and the soprano Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie.

Roaming Freely (and Magically) in a Musical Universe

By ALLAN KOZINN

Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer’s new-music ensemble, Continuum, offered a varied collection of works, most of them new, in its season-ending concert at Merkin Concert Hall on Sunday.

Critics’ Choice: New CDs

The Droll, Buzzing Grandpas of Rap

By JON PARELES, BEN RATLIFF and NATE CHINEN

Retro and proud of it, Beastie Boys give their hip-hop time machine another ride into the 1980s on “Hot Sauce Committee Part Two,” their eighth studio album.

Ian Hogarth, head of Songkick, whose workers don’t get free tickets: “We’ll lose sight of what it means to be a fan.”

A Go-to Site for Tracking Music Acts

By BEN SISARIO

Songkick offers personalized news about live shows and an extensive Web home where fans can share their concert memories.

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Angus MacLise, an original member of the Velvet Underground, didn’t achieve the prominence of others in that group, but a new exhibition suggests he was an influential force in the New York underground.

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Behind the Smiles

Insane Clown Posse, the hip-hop do, performed at the Gramercy Theater.

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Excerpt: 'Die Walküre'

Bryn Terfel and Deborah Voigt in a scene from Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's opera at the Metropolitan Opera. (Video courtesy of the Met.)

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‘Die Walküre’

Scenes from the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Wagner’s opera.

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Scenes From a Séance

The composer Stephen Schwartz narrates a look at his opera "Séance on a Wet Afternoon," at New York City Opera.

Opera Review

The Week in Music

Podcast: Music

This week: the serenity and anxiety of Fleet Foxes; Gerald Clayton and the state of the piano trio in jazz; and a eulogy for Poly Styrene. Ben Ratliff is the host.