Classical

So Long, Slava

R.I.P. Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007)

Last night, Alice Tully Hall was double-marked by a sense of passing. On the one hand, the Vermeer Quartet, the

Not really sure what to expect from a group made up entirely of saxophones, I braved the Nor’easter and wandered

Speaking of the rat race, I got caught up in it myself last night, waiting over an hour at the

I woke up this morning just in time to hear an interview on WNYC with Gene Weingarten, the Washington Post

Anthony Tommasini has a piece in today’s Times about the ongoing search for Lorin Maazel’s successor at the Philharmonic, written

While Esa-Pekka Salonen may be hogging the headlines among conductors these days, another Finn, Sakari Oramo, has been quietly making

OK, I realize this is off my usual NYC beat, but the news that Esa-Pekka Salonen will leave the L.A.

Growing up Catholic, I was always turned off by the music in church, which was either plain, dull, or just