A Night of Wind and Dissonance at the NY Philharmonic
by Christina Klessig Tina Fineberg for The New York Times After the concertmaster warmed up New York Philharmonic Thursday night at Avery Fisher Hall, my mind raced as Thomas Adès took the […]
Preview: La Donna del Lago at the Met Opera
For those of you going to tomorrow's matinee of Rossini's La Donna del Lago – either at the Met Opera or at one of the thousands of movie theaters around the world
Vijay Iyer Trio at the Temple of Dendur
In a fun coincidence of scheduling last Saturday, it was only a short walk from the the NY Phil's CONTACT! concert at the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium to the Temple
New York Philharmonic CONTACT! Performs New Nordic Music at the Met Museum
After my recent musical travels through Scandinavia, I was excited to hear that the NY Phil's latest CONTACT! new music concert would be made up entirely of music by composers
András Schiff Plays Late Sonatas at Carnegie Hall
After witnessing a panoply of great orchestras fill Carnegie Hall over the past few weeks, the stage seemed positively barren last night, save for a single Steinway grand piano placed
Martin Segal Awards Honors Young Artists at Lincoln Center
"I believe in the cultivating influence of the arts. The arts are what make life worth living." – Martin Segal This past Monday's Martin A. Segal Award ceremony at Lincoln
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Brings The Night Shift to Littlefield
In the ongoing quest to get young people to embrace classical music by serving it up in more casual environs(i.e., one where you can get a drink), one peculiar exponent
Vienna Philharmonic and Daniele Gatti at Carnegie Hall
Following in the footsepts of the Berlin Philharmonic's Schumann fest this past October, the Vienna Philharmonic returned to Carnegie Hall last weekend for their annual NYC visit with a trio of concerts
New York Philharmonic Perform Sibelius and Brahms
Although this past weekend in NYC was dominated by a visiting Austrian orchestra, the NY Phil made some musical fireworks of their own Saturday night under Sakari Oramo, whom I last saw conducting Strauss