| Feast of Music

Sound On at the NY Philharmonic with Kwamé Ryan

As the 2023-24 season winds down, the NY Philharmonic held its last Sound On new music concert of the season Friday night with a program of unsettling, multimedia works led by

Tags: classical music, contemporary classical, hannah kendall, kwame ryan, mary kouyoumdjian, michael van der aa, new music, new york philharmonic, orchestra, peter eotvos, sound on

Big Ears Festival 2024 Preview

It's been seven long years since I last went to the Big Ears Festival, a combination of Covid shutting things down (2020-21) and my own inertia. But, I'm happily returning

Tags: big ears, electronic music, festival, indie, jazz, new music, roots music, world music

Back Home Again: The NY Philharmonic with Elim Chan and Sol Gabetta

After spending the past six weeks surveying orchestras from Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and Vienna, I felt it was high time I took in a concert by our own NY Philharmonic, which

Tags: david geffen hall, elim chan, new york, ny philharmonic, orchestra, philharmonic, sol gabetta

From Wagner to Verdi: Lise Davidsen at Carnegie Hall and the Met Opera

Photo: Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The Met's current revival of Verdi's La Forza Del Destino – which will be broadcast live in HD and on the radio this Saturday

Tags: carnegie hall, lise davidsen, met opera, met orchestra, norwegian, opera, orchestra, singer, soprano, verdi, vienna philharmonic, wagner

Irish Music in the Concert Hall: Camerata Ireland at Zankel Hall

Growing up in a proud Irish-American family, I am an unapologetic fan of all things Irish: the food, the literature, the craic. And, especially the music: a high-spirited blend of

Tags: barry douglas, beethoven, camerata ireland, carnegie hall, celine byrne, classical music, eimear mcgeown, flute, handel, irish flute, irish music, john field, mozart, soprano, strings, tin whistle, zankel hall

The Vienna Philharmonic Plays Music of the Early 20th Century at Carnegie Hall

by Pete Matthews In a world that's sometimes feels it's on the brink of chaos, it's comforting to know that some things can still be relied upon as winter turns

Tags: berg, bruckner, carnegie hall, classical music, franz welser-most, hindemith, mahler, new york, orchestra, philharmonic, ravel, scheonberg, strauss, vienna, vienna philharmonic

Preview: Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

Franz Welser-Möst with the Vienna Philharmonic, Carnegie Hall, 2/26/17 “Now, whenever I stand in front of them, it’s just making music with good friends.”

Tags: berg, bruckner, carnegie hall, classical music, franz welser-most, hindemith, mahler, new york city, ravel, schoenberg, strauss, vienna philharmonic

A Tale of Two Orchestras: The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall

by Pete Matthews (in Cleveland, OH and Pittsburgh, PA) Despite being several generations removed from their industrial heyday, both Cleveland and Pittsburgh punch well above their weight when it comes

Tags: classical music, cleveland, contemporary music, dieter amman, Dvorak, george benjamin, katherine balch, manfred honeck, oliver knussen, orchestra, pittsburgh, ravel, shostakovich

Boston Symphony Orchestra Brings Opera Back to Carnegie Hall

by Pete Matthews While I will always and forever cherish my summers seeing the Boston Symphony Orchestra up in their summer home at Tanglewood, it's always a treat (not to

Tags: andris nelsons, boston symphony, carnegie hall, kristine opolais, lady macbeth of mtsensk, new york, opera, orchestra, shostakovich

Author name: Peter Matthews