Andreas Scholl at Alice Tully
by Angela Sutton Saturday's recital at Alice Tully Hall began with an endearing episode. The damp late-Autumn weather, as it sometimes does for many of us, played havoc with star […]
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WQXR Discussion on Avery Fisher Hall Renovation
by FoM Longtime readers of FoM know that I haven’t minced words about the visual and aural eyesore that is Avery Fisher Hall, by far the worst concert hall of any
The Collegiate Chorale Presents “Beatrice di Tenda”
by Andreas Hager Photo credit: Erin Baiano The Collegiate Chorale presented something of an early-bird special at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday evening. Bellini’s underperformed Beatrice di Tenda, began at an
Xiayin Wang and the Escher String Quartet
by Craig Brinker There is a lot of chamber music being performed on any given week in New York, and one of the best tickets in the city this week
The Juilliard School and Lindemann Fellows Present “Cosi Fan Tutti”
by Andreas Hager Photo Credit: Nan Melville Attending a co-production of Juilliard and the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Program can feel similar to a high-school match at the steroidy heights of
Esa-Pekka Salonen Leads Masterful “Wozzeck” at Avery Fisher Hall
by Michael Cirigliano II Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor, The New York Times It’s nice to see that Alban Berg’s infamous 1922 opera, Wozzeck, hasn’t lost much of its shock value
White Light Festival: Adam’s Lament
by Michael Cirigliano II After performing a concert of modern Baltic music in Midtown Friday night, the Latvian Radio Choir made their way uptown to Alice Tully Hall on Saturday,
Oregon Symphony Performs Mahler’s Sixth Symphony
PORTLAND, OR — With one of the country's most robust live music scenes, one could forgive Portland for slacking a bit when it comes to the orchestral arts. In fact,
The Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique and Monteverdi Choir Present All-Beethoven Program
by Michael Cirigliano II Very few musicologists have been able to promote their scholarship in such a way that alters the perspective of modern musical performance quite like Sir John