Orchestra and College Enter Each Other’s Turf

By MICHAEL COOPER

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Leon Botstein

Bard College will start a training ensemble, while the New York Philharmonic will begin an academy with partners around the world.

Music Review

At the End of the Line, A Hit-Filled Goodbye

By BEN RATLIFF

The Allman Brothers Band has played an engagement nearly every year since 1989 at the Beacon Theater in Manhattan — more than 230 concerts. On Tuesday it played its last.

Music Review

The Clarion Choir performing Maximilian Steinberg’s “Passion Week” at the Church of St. Jean Baptiste.

Sacred Work, Written in Secret in Leningrad

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

Maximilian Steinberg’s “Passion Week” had its New York premiere on Tuesday, performed by the Clarion Choir, some 90 years after it was written in the Soviet Union.

Music Review

The British singer and songwriter Jessie Ware at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Tuesday night.

Grabbing Power by Holding Her Fire and Taking Her Time

By JON CARAMANICA

The British singer Jessie Ware brings her understated yet powerful style to her fans at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple.

Music Review

“A Distant Drum,” with, from left, Ralf Schmid, Vincent Segal, Jason Marsalis, Daniel Hope and Michael Olatuja in this show at Zankel Hall.

Reporter’s Life Under Apartheid, in Music, Dance and Typewriter

By JON PARELES

“A Distant Drum” depicted the life of the South African journalist Nathaniel Nakasa, who came to the United States on a Harvard fellowship in 1965.

New York City Gets a Country Music Festival

By BEN SISARIO

Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan and Dierks Bentley will perform at FarmBorough, a new country music festival coming to Randalls Island in June.

Classical

Gwynne Howell as the Abbot in Britten’s “Curlew River.”

A Keening Mother, and a Joyful Noise

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

Two spiritual works of completely different dimensions come to New York this week.

October 29, 2014

How to Protect Yourself From Ebola, in Song

Musicians from several countries joined together to record “Africa Stop Ebola.”

October 29, 2014

Taylor Swift’s ’1989’ Likely to Sell a Million Copies This Week

The album is very likely to cross the million mark in its first week, according to Billboard, a testament to Ms. Swift’s star power and marketing savvy.

October 29, 2014

BAM Season Offers a Mariinsky Residency and More

The Mariinsky Theater will open the season with a Rodion Shchedrin opera, “The Enchanted Warrior.”

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New Venture Seeks Higher Royalties for Songwriters

By BEN SISARIO

Led by the longtime artist manager Irving Azoff, it is the latest challenge to the $2 billion market for performing rights dominated by Ascap and BMI.

Jesse Kovarsky, left, and Alan Opie in the Metropolitan Opera’s production of John Adams’s “The Death of Klinghoffer.”

Met’s Divisive Opera Is Selling Tickets

By MICHAEL COOPER

“The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Metropolitan Opera is selling well, despite protests that greeted its opening.

Music Review

From left, Alexander Pavlovsky, Sergei Bresler, Kyril Zlontnikov and Ori Kam of the Jerusalem Quartet at the 92nd Street Y on Saturday.

At One With Brahms, Individually or as a Group

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

The Jerusalem Quartet, along with the pianist Inon Barnatan, played the second in a three-concert Brahms series at the 92nd Street Y.

Music Review

Jeremy Jordan in his show “Breaking Character,” at 54 Below.

A Fear of Inhabiting Himself

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

In “Breaking Character,” his nightclub act at 54 Below, the Broadway actor Jeremy Jordan shows a range that surpasses teen-idol appeal.

Opera Review

Joyce DiDonato in the title role of Handel’s opera “Alcina,” with the English Concert chamber orchestra, on Sunday at Carnegie Hall.

A Wily Temptress Undone by Love, or Perhaps by a Transitory Spell

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

The English Concert chamber orchestra presented a rare performance of Handel’s “Alcina” at Carnegie Hall, with Joyce DiDonato in the title role.

Music Review

Sbtrkt Members of a sold-out audience singing along as this British soul artist played songs from his first and second albums on Sunday night at Terminal 5.

A Musical Identity, Coyly Masked

By JON CARAMANICA

The musical artist Sbtrkt (Aaron Jerome) performed songs from his albums, including the new “Wonder Where We Land,” on Sunday at Terminal 5.

Albums From Jerry Lee Lewis and Daniel Lanois

By BEN RATLIFF, JON CARAMANICA and NATE CHINEN

Jerry Lee Lewis, Run the Jewels and Daniel Lanois are releasing new albums.

Critic’s Notebook

From left, Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Billy Hart and Julian Priester at the Apollo Theater on Friday.

A Jazz Gala at the Apollo for a Noble Cause

By NATE CHINEN

“A Great Night in Harlem,” the annual fund-raising gala concert for the Jazz Foundation of America, honored Herbie Hancock and others.

Stan M. Jay, owner and co-founder of the Mandolin Brothers musical instrument store on Staten Island, in his mandolin room in May 1999. His business, which sold and restored new and vintage fretted instruments, attracted many popular musicians over the years.

Stan M. Jay, Seller of Strings to the Stars, Dies at 71

By PAUL VITELLO

Mr. Jay was the owner and co-founder of Mandolin Brothers, a Staten Island musical instrument store well known by world-famous and ordinary musicians alike.

The singer and songwriter Paul Craft, creator of Top 10 hits on the country charts.

Paul Craft, Witty Country Music Songwriter, Dies at 76

By BILL FRISKICS-WARREN

Mr. Craft’s hits included “Brother Jukebox” and “Dropkick Me, Jesus.”

Music Review

The saxophonist Inaldo Cavalcante de Albuquerque, known as Spok, founded the SpokFrevo Orquestra in the 1990s.

A Brazilian Frenzy Marches North to Columbus Circle

By BEN RATLIFF

The SpokFrevo Orquestra brought its brand of frevo, a Brazilian regional music, to Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Music Review

The pianist Jonathan Biss performing last week with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

Nuance and Unanimity, No Conductor Required

By JAMES R. OESTREICH

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra played its first concert of the season at Carnegie Hall, featuring works by Rossini and Beethoven.

Press Play

Noteworthy New Music

Exclusive: New Music By Saint Saviour and Over the Rhine

This is the world premiere of “In The Seams” by Saint Saviour and “Blood Oranges In the Snow” by Over the Rhine.

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New York Times Popcast

A veteran obscurantist: Scott Walker, whose album “Soused,” a collaboration with Sunn O))), is due out Oct. 20.

ArtsBeat

Popcast: The Myth of Scott Walker

By BEN RATLIFF

Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss Scott Walker and Sunn O)))’s “Soused.”

FKA twigs performing in London this week.

ArtsBeat

Popcast: Tinashe, FKA Twigs and the Semantics of R&B

By BEN RATLIFF

Ben Ratliff and Jon Caramanica discuss the singers Tinashe and FKA twigs, and whether they point toward a new conception of R&B.

Taylor Swift performs onstage at the 2014 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 19, 2014.

Swift’s New Single Soars to No. 1 on iTunes

By BEN SISARIO

The new Taylor Swift single, “Out of the Woods,” was released at midnight and quickly reached No. 1 on the iTunes chart.

ArtsBeat

In Performance: Rachel Dratch of ‘Tail! Spin!’

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

The “Saturday Night Live” alumna in a scene from the comedy about political sex scandals.

Classical Playlists

The pianist Igor Levit performing at Park Avenue Armory in March.

ArtsBeat

Classical Playlist: Bach, Haydn, Seattle Symphony and More

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Times critics share what they’ve been listening to lately.

Interactive Feature

Fall Arts Preview - Times 100

How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.