Eric Ormsby

1 month ago | newcriterion.com | John Byron Kuhner |Hilton Kramer |Daniel Mendelsohn |Eric Ormsby

Art:Paul Landacre: California Hills, Hollywood, and the World Beyond, A Catalogue Raisonné, by Jake Milgram Wien (Abbeville Press): “There was nothing small about [Paul] Landacre’s vision,” writes Dana Gioia in his afterword to the two-volume catalogue raisonné of California’s greatest wood engraver. “Despite their modest dimensions, his best prints are monumental and perdurable.” The same might be said of this finely chiseled box set produced by Abbeville Press.

2 months ago | newcriterion.com | Victor Davis Hanson |Anthony Daniels |Eric Ormsby |James Panero

Yesterday afternoon, in Alice Tully Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center offered a concert of Beethoven and Bruckner. Bruckner, in a chamber concert? Yes. More on that in due course. The first half of the concert comprised two Beethoven sonatas. Our opening sonata was that for cello and piano in A major, Op. 69. The cellist: Amanda Forsyth, a Canadian. The pianist: Shai Wosner, from Israel. Both of these have long experience in chamber music (and other music).

Jan 22, 2025 | newcriterion.com | Victor Davis Hanson |Anthony Daniels |Eric Ormsby |James Panero

Savor this—a passage of published prose written by a full professor at a major university, cited in Leonard Cassuto’s new book Academic Writing as if Readers Matter:[S]tudents’ production of texts and professor and peer response to those texts . . .

Apr 23, 2024 | newcriterion.com | Vasily Rudich |Ellie Thermansen |James Panero |Eric Ormsby

Events:Edmund Burke Award Gala honoring Ronald S. Lauder, The Metropolitan Club, New York (May 2): A few tickets still remain for The New Criterion’s eleventh Edmund Burke Award Gala on May 2. This year we are honoring Ronald S. Lauder, the leading philanthropist, art connoisseur, and businessman.

Apr 22, 2024 | newcriterion.com | Vasily Rudich |Eric Ormsby |Ellie Thermansen |Gary Saul Morson

In this episode, Jay begins with a shout—“Carolina Shout,” the classic jazz number by James P. Johnson. There are songs by Schumann, Puccini, and Porter (Cole). There are piano preludes—starter pieces by their composers. At the end, there is a sunburst of calypso. Enjoy this smorgasbord.