The Met’s Ring Cycle: Die Walküre
by Angela Sutton Photo – Andrea Mohin / New York Times Richard Wagner's Ring cycle rolled on Friday night at the Met, continuing the saga with the second installment, Die […]
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Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert at Carnegie Hall
For all of the remarkable orchestral concerts that have occurred at Carnegie Hall this season, there is no more iconic sight than seeing the cavernous Carnegie stage occupied solely by a single
Titanic @ 100
While James Cameron may have movie theaters abuzz with the 3-D re-release of Titanic, there are other, more…understated musical events happening on both sides of the Atlantic this week to commemmorate
The Met’s Ring: Das Rheingold
by Angela Sutton Photo: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera And…we're off, into the murk of the Rhine and Robert LePage's new vision of Richard Wagner's massive saga The Ring of the Niebelungs,
Mika Yoshida and Richard Stoltzman at Carnegie Hall
by Mike Engle Although a "new genre" of music was not necessarily invented on Wednesday night, I had the pleasure of witnessing a uniquely memorable concert at the intimate Weill
Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts the Juilliard Orchestra
After seeing James Levine pull off some real miracles up at Tanglewood over the past few summers, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the sight of a crack student
De Profundis: Yale School of Music Plays Music for Low Instruments
It may have seemed like an April Fool's joke on the surface, but tonight's concert by students and faculty from the Yale School of Music at Weill Recital Hall, exploring
Brooklyn Philharmonic’s “Brooklyn Village” at Roulette
(photo: Joshua Simpson) "Where was I the day/ I finally found my place? When was it that place/ Became home? What hand, what open arms/ Welcomed who I was What
Alexei Lubimov at the Baryshnikov Arts Center
by Michael Cirigliano II Throughout his week-long residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, pianist Alexei Lubimov showed himself to be a most versatile performer. After tackling a pair of performances