Vienna/Budapest Pics
(Bruckner Organ, St. Florian) I've finally gotten around to putting up my music-related pics from my recent trip to Vienna and Budapest, which started as a sightseeing tour and turned […]
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Bartók in New York
When I visited Budapest earlier this month, the last stop I made on my way back to Vienna was Béla Bartók's residence, high up in the Buda hills. The house,
Sunny Knable’s “American Variations” CD Release
by Angela Sutton (Photo: Misha Kaufman) An enthusiastic crowd turned out for Sunny Knable's program of his own compositions at Merkin Hall on Thursday night. Mr. Knable, clearly a traditionalist
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra Performs Messiaen’s “From the Canyons To the Stars” at Roulette
A remarkable event at longtime avant garde house Roulette tonight, where the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra – one of that city's three major orchestras – arrived to perform Messiaen's From the
A Critic Conducts
I guess one of the privileges of being a mainstream music critic is that you get to work out your fantasies on your company's dime. Case in point: NY Magazine's Justin
Lang Lang Plays Bartók with the New York Philharmonic
by FoM As much as I hesitate to admit it, the Phil is doing some good stuff these days. Last week, they had Mehta doing Bruckner 8; the week before
This Week: Lang Lang plays Bartok with the NY Philharmonic
(Above: Bartok's studio at his house in Budapest.) "Bartok's #2 is probably the single-most difficult piece that I have ever played. I usually end up with a keyboard covered by
Zubin Mehta conducts Bruckner’s 8th with the New York Philharmonic
by Caleb Easterly Matthew Dine, The New York Times On Thursday night, Zubin Mehta delivered a solemn, powerful reading of Bruckner’s tumultuous 8th symphony to a nearly sold-out house at Avery Fisher
A Voyage for Orchestra – Adès and Mahler at the New York Philharmonic
by Caleb Easterlyphoto courtesy of nyphil.org On Tuesday night, the New York Philharmonic gave a concert of music centered around a theme of change: the New York premiere of Polaris: Voyage