NOVUS NY, Trinity Choir and Washington Chorus Perform Ives and Ginastera at Carnegie Hall
Thinking back, I've seen some pretty massive concerts at Carnegie Hall over the years. There was Seiji Ozawa conducting Berlioz' Reqiuem with […]
Preview: The “Big” Concert with Ives and Ginastera at Carnegie Hall
You might want to bring earplugs for this one. On Saturday night, Trinity Choir director Julian Wachner brings some 300
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Simon in New York
(3/3/15): As nice as it was to think about, Rattle has accepted the London Symphony Orchestra's offer to become their next
Herbert Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony Perform Sibelius and Mozart
SAN FRANCISCO, California – Who knew that I'd have to fly 3,000 miles west to hear yet another extension of my
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Nielsen and Sibelius (Again) with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Danish National Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
I rarely, if ever, see the same concert program twice, but in this case, I simply had to make an
Scandinavia 2015: Finnish Pelimanni Folk Music and Jazz in Helsinki
HELSINKI, Finland – In addition to all of the opera, recitals, ballets and symphonies I gorged on during my two
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Scandinavia 2015: Sibelius Academy Recital, Folke Gräsbeck, and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra at the Musiikkitalo
HELSINKI, Finland – With the possible exception of Austin, TX, I don't think I've even seen a more musical city than Helsinki,
“Don Giovanni” at the Metropolitan Opera
by Steven Pisano In Michael Grandage's production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni now playing at the Metropolitan Opera, the snarling balls
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“Independence Eve”: An Opera in Progress About Race Relations in America
by Steven Pisano Independence Eve is a three-scene chamber opera by Sidney Marquez Boquiren currently under development by American Opera Projects that explores different
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