White Light Festival: Britten’s Curlew River at Cathedral of St. John the Divine
by Robert Leeper The music of Benjamin Britten focuses on the idea of the outsider, of men uncertain of their place in the world. He delves into the lives those
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John Adams Conducts the Yale Philharmonia and Brentano Quartet
by Nick Stubblefield Bernstein. Mahler. Stravinsky. These men were all highly-respected composer/conductors found in music history textbooks. Flip to the end of that textbook, and one is likely to find
White Light Festival: Basil Twist’s “The Rite of Spring”
Ruth Fremson/The New York Times In 1998, I was working at the downtown arts center HERE when Basil Twist's Symphonie Fantastique premiered in a small black box theater in the basement. Billed as
White Light Festival: The Berlin Philharmonic Bring Their Searing St. Matthew Passion to the Park Avenue Armory
In the world of music, there are small masterpieces: Allegri’s Miserere, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Claire de lune. Then, there are bigger ones: Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Mahler’s 2nd symphony. And then, there
FREE TICKETS: Emerson String Quartet and Yefim Bronfman at Carnegie Hall
The renowned Emerson String Quartet shares a bill with pianist Yefim Bronfman for Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major this Tuesday at Carnegie Hall. On its own, the quartet will perform Beethoven's
Simon Rattle and Berlin Philharmonic Bring Russian Fire to Carnegie Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II It may not seem like Russian orchestral music would align with the Berlin Philharmonic’s glossy, pristine sound, but luckily it seems that no one has ever
The Berlin Philharmonic Closes Their Carnegie Hall Run with Haas and Schumann
Continuing where they left off on Sunday night, a downsized Berlin Philharmonic and chief conductor Simon Rattle returned to Carnegie Hall on Monday night to complete their cycle of Schumann’s four symphonies. They began with
The Berlin Philharmonic Bring Schumann To Carnegie Hall
"It's like Christmas all year round with these pieces." – Sir Simon Rattle At the center of the Berlin Philharmonic's residency in New York this week are two concerts at Carnegie
Opening Night at Carnegie Hall with the Berlin Philharmonic
Whenever I start to feel a bit jaded about music, there are nights like last night, when I was privileged to witness the Berlin Philharmonic - arguably the greatest orchestra in