Amidst television trucks and pedestrian guardrails for Iowa's turn in the political spotlight, concert-goers made their way on Saturday …
Performance
in performance: A Night of Exquisite Carols with Calmus
The month of December is a perpetual rataplan of "and heaven and nature sing" mixed with "in fields where they lay" and infinite descants of …
in performance: "Jelly, Rags, & Monk" from Turtle Island Quartet with Cyrus Chestnut
From the clamorous applause before the downbeat on Thursday evening's Turtle Island Quartet performance at Sheslow Auditorium in Des Moines, …
in performance: Vladimir Feltsman Performs the Music of Schumann and Mussorgsky
Vladimir Feltsman plays the piano with a sure sense of will. He approaches the instrument without a moment's hesitation and his fingers …
in performance: Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man
"Coming late is better than leaving in the middle" the girl behind me trills to her friend as she hurries to the restroom before the show. …
in performance: A Golden Dvořák Cello Concerto with Joshua Roman and the Des Moines Symphony
While each composer on Saturday night's Des Moines Symphony program, John Adams, Antonín Dvořák, and Jean Sibelius, composed works shaped by …
in performance: Opera Omaha's "Fidelio" Through the Eye of Jun Kaneko
"Fidelio is ultimately about freedom," writes Opera Omaha's Director Michael Shell. According to the production on Friday evening at the …
in performance: Pianist Jia Cheng Xiong Stuns with Des Moines Symphony
The program of Liszt, Chopin, and Shostakovich presented by conductor Joseph Giunta and the Des Moines Symphony this past weekend was an …
in performance: "I Am Harvey Milk" with Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus
"It's dangerous to tell someone how to 'feel' about a particular piece of music. So we won't tell you how you should feel about this …