Simon Rattle and the Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
If you were to guess which American orchestra is the only one Sir Simon Rattle – by wide acclaim the world's preeminent conductor – conducts with any regularity, you would
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Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Opens Carnegie Hall Season
When I first saw the Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at their Carnegie Hall debut nine years ago, there was a sense among those in attendance that we were at "a
Classical Thursdays Presents Sam Boutris and Levi Vutipadadorn
by Nick Stubblefield A church in Bedford-Stuyvesant might not be the first place one expects to experience classical music, but that's where you can find the Brooklyn Center for the Arts, home to a
TENET Presents the Music of Machaut and His World
by Robert Leeper TENET at the Tenri Center When musicians choose to focus their efforts on music of the long past, they are making the difficult choice to approach unrecorded,
Metropolis Ensemble Celebrates 10 Years of Musicmaking at Angel Orensanz Center
Over the past deacade, Metropolis Ensemble has made a name for themselves by performing almost anywhere other than in a concert hall: they've played at bandshells, in brownstones, and in Upper
“Breaking the Waves” at Opera Philadelphia
By Steven Pisano (All photos by Steven Pisano.) PHILADELPHIA, PA – Sometimes art can depict the most repulsive aspects of the human condition, and still be deemed successful. Such is the
New York Philharmonic Opens 175th Season with Corigliano, Gershwin, and Dvořák
The New York Philharmonic officially opened it's 175th season Wednesday night with a concert which, while not exactly boundary-pushing, served as a reminder of the rich legacy of this oldest of American orchestras.
Art of the Score: New York Philharmonic plays “Manhattan”
by Nick Stubblefield "To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed in black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George
The Public Domain: Working With Simon Halsey
When I first experienced Simon Halsey's work with the Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus in the Berlin Philharmonic's extraordinary 2014 production of the St. Matthew Passion, I never imagined that less than two